Police in Des Moines say a man shot and killed a woman before later killing himself, Friday night.

KCCI reports authorities say 39-year-old Christina Marie Dirks died Friday from gunshot wounds she suffered in an apartment at 4024 Hubbell Avenue. Investigators said they believe 42-year-old Rustin Dean Rice intentionally shot and killed Dirks before returning to the apartment and turning the gun on himself.

According to police Dirks and Rice had a “prior personal relationship” and had lived together in a Hubbell Avenue apartment until Dirks moved out May 6th. Dirk’s death is the third Des Moines homicide of 2021.