A woman is dead after an apparent shooting in a parking lot in Waltham, Massachusetts, late Friday night.
The Middlesex County District Attorney's Office confirms Waltham police responded around 11:30 p.m. to a parking lot adjacent to an apartment building on Second Avenue and found a female victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
The victim was pronounced dead on scene, officials said. She has not been publicly identified.
No other information has been released at this time, and there was no word on a possible suspect, but there was a heavy police presence well into the day Saturday outside the Wright Apartments.
People living in the area say this is the last place they would expect to see gun violence. They're on edge knowing the shooter hasn't been caught.
"This incident is just crazy," said Deedee Vestal whose boyfriend lives in the neighborhood. "What frame of mind is that person in to do this to someone? Take somebody's life like that? What are you thinking? What are you thinking? Like... it's just… I can't. I can't wrap my mind around it. I just can't. I just think it's awful."
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Vestal says investigators were asking residents coming and going from the building if they know anything or saw anything. She says there are a lot of stories going around but mostly a lot of unanswered questions.
"There's families living in this building you know what I mean? So they're all like kind of freaked out," she said.
Police have not said if this shooting was random, but Vestal and others believe they're not in any danger.
"They would've warned us and they haven't," she said.
Vestal is hopeful police will track down whoever did this so justice can be served.
Anyone who saw anything unusual in the area is urged to call the Waltham Police Department.
An investigation is active and ongoing.
