{"id":304310,"date":"2026-10-11T08:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304310\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:26:12","slug":"shooting-leaves-9-dead-including-suspect-in-erie-pennsylvania-police-say-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304310\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine dead including two children, a pregnant woman and the suspected shooter, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old male gunman was related to seven of the victims in Friday\u2019s shooting, while the eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman.<\/p>\n<p>Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators showed two \u201cdistressed\u201d women arriving at the home shortly before 5 p.m. and pounding on the door, he said. The gunman then came out and shot them before returning inside.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrived to find the two women dead outside. Inside they found the bodies of a 5-year-old boy, a 1-year-old girl, two more women, two young men and the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Lorah declined to discuss motive but said investigators would talk to other relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew something was going on at that house,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to figure out what that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers are said to have arrived within minutes of receiving an alert via <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shotspotter-chicago-gunshot-technology-mayor-f9a1b24d97a1f1efb80296dbe9aff1ed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ShotSpotter<\/a>, a controversial gunshot detection system that relies on artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify gunshots. The city said in a statement that no additional shots were fired after that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSounds heard during the police response that may have been mistaken for gunfire were flash bangs associated with law enforcement\u2019s tactical response,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,\u201d Lorah told a local news station earlier in the day. \u201cI\u2019m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Josh Shapiro said he offered his administration\u2019s \u201cfull support\u201d to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin. <\/p>\n<p>Erie is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p>This story corrects that the total number of people found dead \u2014 nine \u2014 includes the suspected shooter.<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline GaNun is a corps member for The Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reportforamerica.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report for America<\/a> is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.<\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline Ganun, The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pennsylvania-shooting-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tIn this image from video provided by WJET, police gather outside the scene of a shooting in Erie, Pa., on Friday evening, Oct. 9, 2026. 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