College Student Killed While Driving Possibly Shot by Hunter

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Waterloo, Iowa -- There's no indication a woman fatally shot while driving over a highway bridge in northeast Iowa was targeted, police said Tuesday as they sought surveillance or trail camera video that could show whether someone was hunting nearby. Micalla Alexis Rettinger was shot about 2:30 a.m. Sunday as she drove over a wooded area along the Cedar River in Waterloo. 

The shot shattered the driver's side window of her Jeep and hit her neck, then hit one of her two passengers. The 25-year-old former University of Northern Iowa student pulled over along U.S. Highway 218 and died. The injured passenger was taken to a hospital.

Rettinger graduated from UNI in 2016 and was a star outfielder for the Panthers softball team, CBS affiliate KCCI reported.

"I am devastated," said head softball coach Ryan Jacobs. "(Rettinger) was a pretty special kid to us."

--CBS News