{"id":304436,"date":"2026-10-11T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304436\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:14:11","slug":"erie-pennsylvania-shooter-killed-eight-people-then-himself-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304436\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie, Pennsylvania shooter killed eight people, then himself, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to death in Erie, Pennsylvania, authorities said on Saturday at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, who has yet to be identified, died of an apparent self-inflicted wound before officers arrived on the scene, said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/US-Erie-scene-of-shooting-101026013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"804\"  \/><br \/>A bloodied sheet lies behind police barrier tape at a house where nine people were confirmed dead in what was described as a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, US on 10th October, 2026. PICTURE: Greg Wohlford\/USA Today via Reuters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome scenes stay with you long after you leave them. This is one of those tragic scenes,\u201d Lorah said.<\/p>\n<p>Police have yet to establish a motive, Lorah said. He said eight of the nine who died in the shooting were family members, and one was a family friend.<\/p>\n<p>Lorah said after the shooter entered the home, he came out of the house and shot two women who appeared \u201cdistressed\u201d and were pacing back and forth seeking assistance from neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Police found the suspect on the second floor of the home on Perry Street, Lorah said.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Mayor Daria Devlin said the police department \u201carrived at a horrific scene, faced unimaginable circumstances, and carried out their duties with courage and professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey too are members of this community, and they too will carry the weight of what happened last night,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said in a statement on X that he had spoken with Mayor Devlin and had offered support following \u201cthe tragic mass shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reuters A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1525,136,138,137,125060,12331,28,125061],"class_list":["post-304436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-daria-devlin","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-jos-shapiro","tag-mass-shootings","tag-pennsylvania","tag-us-mass-shootings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304436","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=304436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}