DES MOINES, Iowa — EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video is from WOI-TV's 5 p.m. broadcast on June 7
Des Moines police are investigating a homicide after a woman was shot and killed Monday night.
Des Moines Police and Des Moines Fire Department rescue personnel were called to the 700 block of Robert D. Ray Drive around 9:30 p.m. Monday, according to a DMPD press release.
First responders arrived to find a 21-year-old female, identified as 21-year-old Elizabeth Arzola of Des Moines, with a gunshot injury. She was declared deceased at the scene.
In an update released sent out Tuesday morning, police say they recovered a handgun from the scene.
Eh Hser could hear the shooting as he was walking by with his friends.
"It was like fireworks. We thought it was fireworks," Hser said.
DMPD continues to investigate this incident. Preliminary investigation indicates that this was a "targeted attack," the agency said.
The marks the city's ninth homicide of 2022.
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