St. Paul police confirmed Friday that the woman killed Wednesday in Lowertown was a 66-year-old.

Carrie Shobe Kwok’s family had previously posted on her Facebook page that she was the victim of Wednesday’s shooting.

“I’m sorry to inform you that my mother, and your friend, Carrie Kwok, was shot and killed yesterday while painting a mural in downtown St. Paul,” Thursday’s post said. “… This news has been a complete shock to us all. Please keep her in your prayers while she is transitioning into … the next stage of her eternal life.”

Kwok was painting a mural in a parking lot outside the building where she lived, the Lowertown Lofts Artists Cooperative. The building’s front door is in an alley behind Kellogg Boulevard between Wacouta and Wall streets.

Police have said her killing appeared random. There was no evidence that she and the suspect had a conflict or fight or “a previous association with one another,” which is rare in a homicide, Police Chief Axel Henry said Thursday. It’s also not known why the suspect, a Belle Plaine resident, was “even in St. Paul in the first place,” the chief added.

Officers fatally shot the suspect in Belle Plaine on Thursday morning, Henry said. The father of Seantrell Murdock said the 29-year-old was the man who died.

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