Double Shooting Kills Two in Buffalo's University Heights Neighborhood

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Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Two people are dead after a shooting not far from the University at Buffalo's South campus.

It happened in the first block of Merrimac Street in the University Heights neighborhood. Police say two people, a male and a female, were struck by gunfire and died.

Buffalo Police issued this statement: 

E District officers and emergency responders were called around 2:15am to what initially was reported as a stabbing on Merrimac Street The female victim was 21 years old, and the male victim was 26. The victim's both lived in the lower apartment, and each of the victim's had been shot, once. Homicide Squad detectives were called to the scene to investigate. 

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked by police to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at (716) 847-2255.