(KAIR)--An early Friday morning homicide is under investigation in Leavenworth.

According to a release issued by the Leavenworth Police Department, it was shortly before 12:25 in the morning when officers responded to an apartment complex, located in the 2900 block of Ralph Bunche Drive, in Leavenworth, after receiving a report of shots fired.

When they arrived, “officers located a 20 year old female victim suffering from a gunshot wound.”

Transported to a local hospital, the woman was pronounced dead.

Officers are currently searching for the suspect as the investigation remains ongoing.