KALAMAZOO, MI -- A 20-year-old man, a student at Western Michigan University, was shot and killed Thursday night near campus and police are searching for two men seen fleeing the area.

At about 10:28 p.m. Dec. 8 Kalamazoo Public Safety Officers and Western Michigan University Police responded to a call from a witness that a man had been shot. They found the man inside a building at 760 S. Howard Street, in the SoHo Apartments, dead from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a news release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

Witnesses told police that two men fled on foot and were believed to have left the area in a vehicle parked nearby.

The suspects involved were described as follows:

- A black man with a slender build, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt with a red bandana covering his face. He was armed with a handgun.



-- A black man with a slender build, about 6 feet, 4 inches tall, wearing jeans, a dark colored hooded sweatshirt, with a dark colored bandana covering his face.



The suspects involved have not been located.



Authorities ask that anyone having information regarding this incident contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 269-337-8139 or Silent Observer at 269-343-2100.