2 Young College Students Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — Police in Northern California are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after finding a young man and a woman shot to death at a San Francisco Bay Area home.

Walnut Creek police say neighbors called 911 Tuesday morning after hearing gunshots.

KPIX-TV reports authorities identified the victims as 19-year-old college student Clare Orton, of Walnut Creek, and 21-year-old Scott Bertics, of Lafayette.

Police say two knew each other and had a previous dating relationship.

Orton had just finished her first year at San Diego State University and was home for the summer, while Bertics was attending Stanford studying engineering.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press.

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