Death In The Friend Zone

"PINE ISLAND, MN — Two college freshmen from Minnesota were found fatally shot inside a Pine Island home Monday in an apparent murder/suicide, according to police.

"Olmsted County Sheriff's deputies responded to a home on 6948 100th Street North at around 4pm after getting a call from one of the victims' relatives.

"When officers entered a heated shed on the property, they came upon the body of 18-year-old Kayla Jill Koranda. Lying nearby they found Nicholas Roecker, 19, who was clinging to life.

"Roecker was rushed to Mayo Clinic Hospitals, where he died a short time later, according to officials.
Olmsted County Sheriff David Mueller told the Minneapolis Star Tribune a handgun used in the suspected murder/suicide was recovered at the scene.

"The 19-year-old victim, who lived at the house with his family, attended the University of Minnesota- Duluth, while Koranda was a student at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.

"Sheriff Mueller told MailOnline over the phone Tuesday that it appears the victims were just friends and not a couple.

"According to a statement from the sheriff’s office released to MailOnline this afternoon, the two deceased were classmates at Lourdes High School—a Catholic institution in Rochester. Koranda and Roecker were also Facebook friends."

From miaminewsday.com...