A mass rally, for presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, was blocked by supporters of sitting President Hugo Chavez, on Saturday.
As the two groups met it quickly became a clash, with injuries on both sides.
But it took a turn for the worse when a van drove by, unleashing bullets into the Capriles' supporters, leaving two dead.
Witnesses said that the van was a government vehicle.
In a statement, Chavez said that those guilty of the crime "will be brought to justice".
The election looks to be a close one, the closest the socialist Chavez has seen in his fourteen year rule.
Capriles, a centrist, seeks to model Venezuela after the model of Brazil's free market mixed with welfare system.
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