{"id":303894,"date":"2026-10-10T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303894\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T17:00:09","slug":"police-investigating-mass-shooting-in-pennsylvania-that-killed-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303894\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating mass shooting in Pennsylvania that killed 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">ERIE, Pennsylvania \u2014 Nine people are dead in Erie, Pennsylvania, after what the city called \u201ctragic events\u201d on Friday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\">Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Officers with the Erie Police Department responded to 7th and Perry Streets after recieved a ShotSpotter alert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erie.pa.us\/news_detail_T13_R741.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.erie.pa.us\/news_detail_T13_R741.php\">according to a press release from the city<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Investigators confirmed that nine people died in the shooting. The city added that investigators determined that all deaths occurred before officers arrived. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cThe deaths were not the result of any prolonged standoff or delay in police action,\u201d the city said in the press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The city confirmed that no additional gunshots were fired after police arrived, and any sounds heard during the police response were flash bangs associated with law enforcement\u2019s \u201ctactical response.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1418573873794460&amp;set=a.159681509683709&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1418573873794460&amp;set=a.159681509683709&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\">In a social media post at 9:55 p.m. on Friday<\/a>, the city of Erie wrote: <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cWe understand that this news brings deep shock and sorrow to our residents, and we want to assure the public that the situation has been contained. The shooter is deceased, and there is no ongoing threat or danger to the public at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Additional information is expected to be released during a press conference today at 4 p.m., which will be live-streamed on the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofEriePA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofEriePA\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cityoferie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cityoferie\">YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The City is asking the community to be careful when sharing information about the shooting, stating that unverified information \u201ccan deepen the pain experienced by grieving families, create unnecessary fear, and potentially put responding officers and members of the public at risk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cOur hearts remain with the victims, their loved ones, and all those affected by this devastating loss of life,\u201d the city said in the press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">News Center 7 will continue following this story. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\">WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph body-copyright\">@2026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERIE, Pennsylvania \u2014 Nine people are dead in Erie, Pennsylvania, after what the city called \u201ctragic events\u201d on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1874,15887,37824,1646,4030,16830,20520,20521,20522,2663,1602,2593,79,7355,23630,31,1879,4814,6753,7022,7357,36627,9146,742,7026,1405,20035,4043,7362,28,30,29,206,4045,10846,4046,16109,812,6014,7363,2581,3860,37832,895,8574,10497,7366,1704,1017,2155,4050,6967,7369],"class_list":["post-303894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-accident","tag-action","tag-alarm","tag-arrest","tag-blue","tag-blur","tag-blurred","tag-blurry","tag-bokeh","tag-car","tag-car-accident","tag-cars","tag-city","tag-cop","tag-cops","tag-crime","tag-danger","tag-department","tag-emergency","tag-flash","tag-flasher","tag-flashing-lights","tag-help","tag-law","tag-light","tag-night","tag-nightlife","tag-order","tag-patrol","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-police","tag-police-car","tag-police-department","tag-police-lights","tag-problem","tag-rescue","tag-road","tag-safety","tag-scene","tag-security","tag-serene","tag-service","tag-speed","tag-speeding","tag-surveillance","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-accident","tag-transportation","tag-urgency","tag-vehicle","tag-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303894","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=303894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}