Woman shot and killed in Waltham, DA says

Crime

Authorities responded to reports of a shooting Friday night.

A woman was shot and killed in Waltham on Friday, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Waltham police responded to a parking lot of an apartment building on Second Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday, the statement said. At the scene, they found a woman suffering from an “apparent gunshot wound.”

Authorities pronounced her dead at the scene.

Boston 25 News reported that a resident of the apartment building heard “fighting in the hallway” and 2 gunshots.

An investigation into this incident is active, the DA said. The Waltham Police Department said there is no current threat to the public.

If anyone has information about this incident, please contact the Waltham Police Department at 781-314-3550, or their anonymous tip line at 781-314-3636.