A University of Pittsburgh researcher on the cusp of "very significant findings" tied to COVID-19 infections was shot dead Saturday in what police say appears to be a murder-suicide.
Ross Township police discovered the body of Bing Liu, 37, a research assistant professor in the university's School of Medicine, in his home with gunshots to his head, neck, torso and extremities, according to a statement from the department obtained by PEOPLE.
A second person, whose name was not immediately released, was located in a car parked near the scene of the first death and dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head, police said.
"The males are known to each other," police said in the statement. "Investigative leads developed...