UTICA — Utica police are investigating a suspected homicide stemming from a call out of East Utica.

Police received an "attempt to locate" call at around 7 a.m. Sunday, according to the police department. Police said investigators were directed to the end of Poe Street off Culver Avenue, where they found an SUV with one woman dead and a man who sustained serious injuries.

The details of the event are under investigation at this time. The identities of the individuals have not yet been released.

Police said the man was treated by the Utica Fire Department and taken to the St. Elizabeth Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System, where he was in surgery as of 9:30 a.m.

As a result, the start of the wheelchair race for the Boilermaker Road Race was delayed approximately 15 minutes due to the police presence on Poe Street.