CEDAR RAPIDS - Cedar Rapids Police have released the name of the victim in a Tuesday night shooting.

Police say Thomas Ray Horvath, 19, was shot around 11:00 pm Tuesday night at the Raintree Apartments located at 4900 16th Ave. SW. Horvath was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he died early Wednesday morning. Police did not release an address for Horvath saying they were still investigating.

Several witnesses told TV9 versions of the same story. They all remembered hearing a group of people arguing in the parking lot at the apartment complex.

As the voices got louder outside, one witness, Richard Schwertfeger, remembered hearing someone say "calm down, calm down." Shortly after that, there was a rapid series of popping sounds.

The witnesses also saw several people jam into at least two cars and speed away. One witness told TV9 she immediately called police, but did not go outside until officers arrived. She said police were on the scene very quickly.

One witness, who didn't want her name used or face shown, said she was putting grandkids in a car outside when the shooting occurred. She said she heard "boom..boom..boom...boom...shots fired and there had to be at least four. My daughter's boyfriend said get down, get down and everybody got in the car and we tried to protect the kids."

In a late afternoon news conference, Lt. Kenneth Washburn of CRPD investigations, said there were perhaps five to ten people involved in the altercation that ended in a shooting. The dispute apparently started somewhere else and then ended up at the Raintree Apartments. Washburn said he did not believe the homicide victim and others involved had any connection to the apartments.

Horvath was shot once in the head and once in the abdomen.

Investigators say they have promising leads and have interviewed some of the people involved in the dispute. But at this point they are not ready to name a suspect nor explain any possible reason for the shooting.