Bing Liu was a research assistant professor in the Biology Department at the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh ROSS, Pa. - The shooting deaths of a researcher who was studying the coronavirus and another man were sparked by a “long-running dispute over an intimate partner,” authorities said.
Bing Liu, 37, was shot multiple times Saturday in the head, neck and torso in his townhouse in Ross. The shooter, Hao Gu, 46, of Pittsburgh, then got into his car parked at the complex and killed himself, authorities said.
Ross police did not provide further details about the motive for the shooting except to note that Liu’s work as a researcher did not play a role in the murder-suicide. RELATED: Coronavirus