At least seven innocents died, including children, after a man with a handgun opened fired shortly before 5 p.m. inside a home Friday in Erie, Pennsylvania.
WRAL reported Erie police indicating “a man went into a home and shot multiple people before taking his own life.” He allegedly shot and killed two women outside the home before going inside.
Erie News Now noted that “witnesses reported seeing a man firing a handgun outside the residence before entering the home.”
More shots were heard and a standoff with police ensued. SWAT arrived and more shots were fired from inside the home, then police entered to find the alleged gunman suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They also found the bodies of at least five additional innocents as well.
Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah commented, “The loss of life is devastating, and the circumstances we are working through are deeply disturbing.”
No motive for the shooting has been released nor has information regarding any possible relations between the gunman and the victims.
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