Woman fatally shot inside home in St. Paul's record 39th homicide of year

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Paul police say a woman was shot and killed inside a home Monday evening.

According to police, the shooting occurred at a residence on Cook Avenue East off Edgerton Street in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood.

Police say they found a woman with a gunshot wound to the head. She died at the scene. Later Tuesday afternoon, the victim was identified by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office as 40-year-old Lashonda Nix.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police.

This is St. Paul's 39th homicide of the year, which breaks a city record. Last year, the city recorded 38 homicides, which was the previous record.

St. Paul Police Sergeant Mike Ernster says police have solved roughly 90% of this year's homicides.