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Updated October 11, 2026 \u2014 9:23am,first published 5:15am<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n No gift articles left<\/p>\n You’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month.<\/p>\n Close<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Warning: Graphic content <\/p>\n Eight people from the same family, including a five-year-old boy, a one-year-old girl, and a woman who was eight months pregnant, have been killed in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said, in one of the worst mass shootings in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n A doorbell camera captured two women frantically trying to catch the attention of neighbours to raise the alarm about what was happening inside the house. Moments later, the two women, a relative and a family friend, were also shot dead in the street.<\/p>\n Police said the suspected shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and there was no ongoing threat to public safety.<\/p>\n All the deaths occurred before officers arrived at the scene, where they were met with an eerie silence, the city\u2019s police chief Rick Lorah said at a press conference on Sunday morning AEDT.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was no movement, no audible sounds coming from inside the residence, no gunshots, no screams,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was horrific. It was the worst scene I have ever experienced.<\/p>\n \u201cOut of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home. But I want our community to understand the gravity of what happened and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved and on our community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer Lott, who lives on the block where the shooting took place, said she was at home when she heard gunshots and a woman lying in the street.<\/p>\n \u201cI got closer, and I noticed she had a gunshot wound to her head and she wasn\u2019t moving, and everybody kept telling me to back up; the police were coming,\u201d she told The New York Times on Saturday.<\/p>\n Lorah said police had received doorbell video and audio from a home next door, including a scream and two muffled gunshots.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is where we were able to see those two females pacing back and forth outside the residence; they were trying to get neighbours\u2019 attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cVideo evidence reviewed by investigators shows those two women arriving at the residence appearing distressed, seeking assistance from neighbours and pounding on the door. The audio-video also appears to capture muffled gunfire from inside the residence before the suspect emerged and fatally shot both women.\u201d<\/p>\n Inside the home, two young children were found on the first floor: a five-year-old boy and a one-year-old girl. Four additional victims were found on the second floor in the stairwell: a 24-year-old female, a 44-year-old female, a 19-year-old male, and a 21-year-old male. The 45-year-old suspected shooter was found dead on the second floor from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n Lorah said he had been a police officer for 28 years and that he had never \u201cseen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed\u201d.<\/p>\n Watch: Erie Police chief Rick Lorah\u2019s press conference on Sunday morning AEDT.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking scenes our officers and investigators have ever encountered,\u201d Lorah said. \u201cThe loss of life is devastating, and the circumstances we are working through are deeply disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n Governor Josh Shapiro said Saturday he offered his administration\u2019s \u201cfull support\u201d to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spoken with Mayor Devlin and offered my administration\u2019s full support following the tragic mass shooting in Erie last night \u2014 killing nine of our fellow Pennsylvanians,\u201d Shapiro wrote in a Saturday morning post on X.<\/p>\n Erie is the fifth most populous city in Pennsylvania and is located on the shores of Lake Erie.<\/p>\n Separately, four victims and the suspected shooter died following a potential murder-suicide in a rural Georgia home late on Friday night. Officials say those involved were adult family members of the suspected shooter, who died by suicide. They were found in the family\u2019s home on the outskirts of Douglas, a small city roughly 320km south-east of Atlanta.<\/p>\n \u201cInvestigators believe this was an apparent murder-suicide involving immediate family members who reside in the home,\u201d Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette said during a news conference on Saturday (US time).<\/p>\n Crisis support is available from Lifeline on 13 11 14<\/p>\n With AP<\/p>\n Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. 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Eryk Bagshaw<\/a> is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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