Two people were injured Thursday afternoon when gunfire broke out at a shopping center on the city's southeast side.

According to Rockford police, gunfire was exchanged by two individuals at 3 p.m. at Alpine Village shopping center at Alpine Road and Harrison Avenue, and both individuals fled before police arrived.

Three businesses and five vehicles were struck by bullets. One person, who was inside a business at the time of the shooting, suffered a graze wound to his leg, police said. Another person, a woman who was sitting inside her vehicle when the shooting took place, sustained a minor injury when a bullet hit the vehicle's windshield.

The Rockford Police Department is investigating the shooting.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is being asked to call the Rockford Police Department at 815-966-2900, or leave an anonymous tip with Rockford Area Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867.

This article originally appeared on Rockford Register Star: 3 businesses, 5 vehicles struck by gunfire at Rockford shopping center