Monroe County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in connection to a double homicide that left a UB student and his high school classmate dead, according to WXXI and ABC affiliate WHAM.
Mason Earle, 19, is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of former UB student Alexander Burrow and Bruce Kane.
Burrow, 20, and Kane, 18, were found dead inside a burned Ford Focus on Sept. 9 in Hamlin, NY. Burrow and Kane both sustained bullet wounds, according to the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Earle was arraigned Thursday night and plead not guilty to the charges against him. After the arraignment, Earle admitted to shooting Burrow and Kane to Sheriff Todd Baxter.
Baxter said deputies believe the incident is drug-related and that Earle and the two victims likely knew each other.
Burrow and Kane graduated from Brockport High School.
Max Kalnitz is the senior news editor and can be reached at max.kalnitz@ubspectrum.com
