Police: Killing of 2 young men was drug-related
HAMLIN, N.Y. (AP) — Police say the slayings of two young men found in a burning car behind a western New York warehouse earlier this month were drug-related.
Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter says 19-year-old Mason Earle, of Hamlin, admitted to police that he shot 18-year-old Bruce Kane of the town of Sweden and 20-year-old Alexander Burrow of Clarkson.
Their bodies were found Sept. 10 in a burning car in Hamlin, 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Rochester. Authorities say both men had been shot.
Baxter says Earle admitted to the slayings after he was arrested outside his home Thursday. The sheriff says the killings involved marijuana.
Earle pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges at his arraignment Thursday night.