A Double Homicide Is Under Investigation In Saginaw

Update:  Police have identified the 19 year old victim as Tony Martin.  The identity of the 22 year  old is being withheld pending notification of family members.  Detectives also discovered there was a third victim in this shooting incident.  A 25 year old woman showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.  She has since been released from the hospital.

 

Police responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Genesee and Holland Avenues at  2:19  this morning,  Officers found two men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a Sunoco Gas Station at 1944 East Genesee.  A 19 year old man was dead at the scene, a 22 year old man died later at a local hospital.  Police have no suspects in custody.

The Major Crimes Unit made up of Saginaw Police and Michigan State Police is investigating this as a double homicide.  Anyone with information about this crime is urged to call Detective Anthony Accardo at 989-759-1419 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL.

The two deaths push the homicide total in Saginaw this year to thirteen.