COVID-19 Researcher Killed in Murder-Suicide, Police Say It’s Not Related to Research

Officials add there was 'zero indication that there was targeting due to his being Chinese'

Bing Liu in a file photo. University of Pittsburgh

A University of Pittsburgh professor who was researching COVID-19 was shot and killed in a murder-suicide over the weekend, authorities said.

A researcher, Bing Liu, was found dead in his home on Saturday with gunshot wounds to the torso, neck, and head, according to the Ross Police Department in Pennsylvania.