By Nyah Adams and Alex Fern / News Director / Assistant News Director

Police have released information about a woman who was shot and killed in St. Cloud on Monday. She has been identified as 28-year-old Nicole Michelle Hammond of St. Cloud.

The St. Cloud Police Department says they responded to a report of a shooting in a parking lot at a business on the city’s East side off of Lincoln Avenue Northeast around 7 a.m.

When officers arrived they tried life saving measures on Hammond but failed.

Authorities say 26-year-old Micheal Jordan Carpenter of St. Cloud is in custody after he was taken in for questioning and a handgun was found.

Officers say that based on what is known at this time, the shooting was not a random incident. This is the second murder in St. Cloud this year.