On the morning of June 19, 2019, 43-year-old Christy Hribal was shot in a Creston, Iowa, home on North Pine Street after police were called for reports of gunfire just after 2:00 a.m. Officers found her inside with a gunshot wound; she was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital but died of her injuries. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assisted the Creston Police Department in the inquiry into the circumstances of the shooting.

A 36-year-old Creston man, Charles Keeton, was arrested at the scene and initially charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. After Christy’s death the charge was upgraded to second-degree murder; authorities did not immediately state whether the shooting was intentional or accidental. Christy, a former Mt. Pleasant resident, had worked as a school and college cook and is remembered by family as a devoted mother.

Did anyone in the Creston area have contact with Christy the night of June 18–19 who can help clarify what happened?