SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale police continue to release little information on a shooting that happened on Tuesday in a Scottsdale neighborhood.
Police say when officers responded to the home on 90th Street, just north of Sweetwater around 2 p.m., a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in the front yard of the home.
Police say investigators are still confident that the shooting was an "isolated and directed incident" and there's no threat to the surrounding community.
The department has not released any other information, whether there are any suspects outstanding or anything more. On Tuesday, police called it a homicide investigation.
Officers spent the better half of the day and evening on Tuesday working out of the command vehicle.
They said a shooting call came out around 2 p.m., causing a lot of commotion and quite the scare for people like Jay Vo who lives in the area.
"There was a neighbor, I spoke to who was very worried about it," Vo said.
Vo tells 12 News he overheard radio traffic about the shooting near his neighborhood. Scottsdale police confirming a shooting call turned fatal.
"When officers arrived they found an adult subject that had been shot and that subject is deceased," Sgt. Ben Hoster said on Tuesday.
Officers told 12 News about one victim but assured people living in the neighborhood that there was no lingering threat in the area.
"It's a quiet community, it's north Scottsdale, it's not something you expect to happen in Scottsdale," Vo added.
The heavy police presence for the better part of the night kept people like Vo wondering what happened.
"That's very worrisome to see in your neighborhood, especially in north Scottsdale," he added.