Neighbors react to the homicide that took the life of a 36-year-old Eau Claire woman.

Multiple neighbors say they heard one gun shot, a short pause, and then two more gun shots. A woman who lives in the neighborhood came out of her home shortly after she heard the shots and saw her mailbox open, with a hole through the front and the back.

"I said, 'What's going on?' I just picked it (mailbox) up and said, 'Oh my god,'” Gayle Garrett of Eau Claire said as she opened and closed her mailbox. “That's when I found it. It makes me want to move. It's that close. If it's that close, I want to move. We could've been shot."

Garrett said she found a bullet on her front porch and gave it to police.

Another woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she thought the first shot was just a loud bang, but when she heard the second and third shots, she knew something was wrong.

Police have yet to say if Helmbrecht had a motive when he shot ward. Helmbrecht has yet to be charged, but he is expected to be back in court Thursday.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- The name of the woman killed in a Saturday morning homicide has been released.

Eau Claire police identified her as 36-year-old Jenny Ward in a news release Monday afternoon.

The only known association between Ward and the man arrested in the case – 44-year-old Shane Helmbrecht – was that they were next door neighbors. Ward was married and has two young children.

Eau Claire Police said the investigation is continuing. There will be no new information to be released until a charging decision is made by the Eau Claire County District Attorney.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- Bond has been set at $1 million for the Eau Claire man accused of murdering his neighbor.

44-year-old Shane Helmbrecht appeared in an Eau Claire County courtroom Monday morning, two days after being arrested in connection to the shooting in a neighborhood near Mt. Simon Park.

Police say they saw a suspicious vehicle leaving the area of the shooting. They stopped the vehicle occupied by Helmbrecht within a few blocks of the scene and found a firearm in his possession.

Eau Claire Police detectives interviewed Helmbrecht and he admitted to entering the victim's home and shooting her. Helmbrecht said he knew the victim because he was her neighbor.

Police were planning to ask the Eau Claire District Attorney's office to charge Helmbrecht with first degree intentional homicide.

Helmbrecht has not yet been charged and will be back in court for a conditional appearance on Thursday.