A woman in an SUV on a rural Saskatchewan highway is dead after police say the vehicle was hit by a gunshot, and authorities are warning residents in the area to be wary.

RCMP say two women were in a Ford Explorer on Highway 39 around 8 p.m. Friday, driving near grain elevators toward Weyburn, Sask., when there was a loud crack.

A 44-year-old woman from Weyburn who was a passenger in the SUV was injured and died at the scene, and investigators say she’d been shot.

The driver, who police say was the only other person in the vehicle and is not a suspect, was not hurt.

Police say at this time the shooting appears to be random.

They’re asking the pubic to remain vigilant, like farmers who may be working late in the fields, and they’re asking people to lock vehicle doors and remove the key

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