37-year-old Bing Liu, a medical researcher who was “on the verge of making very significant findings” regarding COVID-19, was shot and killed in Pennsylvania last weekend, according to officials.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner reported that the researcher for University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine was found dead inside his Ross Township home, just north of Pittsburgh.
Liu suffered fatal gunshot wounds to his head and neck.
Just an hour following the discovery of Liu’s body, 46-year-old Hao Gu was found dead inside a car less than a mile away.
The two men “appeared to be connected beyond their proximity to each other,” Ross Township Police Detective Sgt. Brian Kohlhepp told the Associated Press.
