{"id":232214,"date":"2026-06-30T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232214\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:02:12","slug":"man-shot-and-killed-stranger-in-pennsylvania-park-before-turning-gun-on-self-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232214\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot and killed stranger in Pennsylvania park before turning gun on self, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man shot and killed a stranger in a park in Pennsylvania before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Cunningham fatally shot 47-year-old Kevin Lucas in Lancaster County Central Park in West Lampeter Township on June 24 before turning the gun on himself, the <a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/pa\/lancaster\/lancaster-city-bp\/19659\/cases\/shooting-2606030661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-absolute=\"true\">Lancaster City Bureau of Police<\/a> said in an update on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot in the neck, while Cunningham, 32, died at a local hospital on June 26, police said. The East Hempfield Township man shot at a person walking with Lucas, but that person was not hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster police said Cunningham did not know Lucas or the person with him. Police did not release any additional information on what led up to the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the shooting can call 717-664-1180 or submit a tip\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/pa\/lancaster\/lancaster-city-bp\/19659\/cases\/shooting-2606030661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-absolute=\"true\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania park shooting<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said officers with the Lancaster Township Police Department and Lancaster County Park Rangers were called to the park around 6:30 p.m. on June 24 for reports of shots fired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snyderfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/kevin-lucas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-absolute=\"true\">obituary<\/a>, Lucas leaves behind his wife of 24 years, Diana Ashford, four children, siblings and grandchildren. The man from Lititz  loved cooking, hiking, playing basketball, and &#8220;more importantly, bringing joy and laughter to others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To say Kevin was a family man, would be an understatement to the true testament of who he was, and how much his world revolved around those he loved,&#8221; his loved ones wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline<\/a>\u00a0by calling or texting 988. You can also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">chat with the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nami.org\/NAMI\/media\/NAMI-Media\/Images\/FactSheets\/HelpLine-Resource-Directory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">mental health care resources and support<\/a>, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.\u201310 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man shot and killed a stranger in a park in Pennsylvania before turning the gun on himself,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39645,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-232214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-murder-suicide","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}