Two young men are dead in South Bend following a shooting at a hotel near the airport.
South Bend officers were called to the Quality Inn on Lincolnway West just before 2 p.m. Thursday for reports of gunshots fired near the hotel. Late Thursday, police identified the victims as 20-year-old Amarion Kirk and 22-year-old Jasani Taylor.
South Bend police confirm to WVPE that Kirk and Taylor were killed in the shooting and a suspect was seen running from the area. Police were in the area for much of Thursday afternoon searching for the suspect.
Autopsies for both victims are scheduled for Saturday.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 574-288-STOP.