including the gunman, a pregnant woman and two children under 6<\/a>, were killed in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was horrific. It was the worst scene I have ever experienced,\u201d said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah. <\/p>\n
A candlelight vigil was held Saturday evening in front of the home on Perry Street where the tragedy occurred. Loved ones gathered to honor the victims, lighting candles, leaving balloons and placing stuffed animals at the growing memorial. <\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you go home and tell your kids like, hey, your mom, your siblings, your uncles and everybody else just got murdered by your grandpa?\u201d said Lisa Simmers, a family member. <\/p>\n
Erie police said the shooter was a 45-year-old man who was a family member of the victims. Officials have not yet released the names of the shooter or the eight victims. <\/p>\n
Julius Windham shared that his 1-year-old daughter, Amari\u2019anna, and Amari\u2019anna\u2019s mother, Angelina, were among those killed. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was the person that I could always talk to, and she would listen, instead of a person that you tell her something and they say every time, \u2018I understand.\u2019 She would just sit there and listen to me and be quiet,\u201d Windham said, describing Angelina as a \u201cstar\u201d in his life and a \u201cbeautiful person.\u201d <\/p>\n
Simmers, Windham\u2019s sister, said her brother is grieving the loss of his daughter. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the only child, and she didn\u2019t even make it to 2. She didn\u2019t get to live her life because somebody dimmed her light out,\u201d Simmers said. <\/p>\n
The shooting occurred just before 5 p.m. on Friday. A ShotSpotter alert detected two gunshots outside the home, and officers arrived to find two women dead. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy son heard the first shot go off, and then we heard the screaming, and then we heard the next three that went off as well. So it was quite frightening for us to experience,\u201d said neighbor Candice Delange. <\/p>\n
Police surrounded the home and forced their way inside after securing a warrant. Seven people, including the gunman, were found dead inside. Officials said the gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. <\/p>\n
Some family members expressed frustration, believing more could have been done to intervene. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were here. We heard the shots. We heard everything go down, step by step. We were here while we couldn\u2019t run into the house and help the babies,\u201d Simmers said. <\/p>\n
Investigators are currently reviewing evidence and video from the scene. The memorial outside the home continues to grow as the community mourns. Police said the investigation remains active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nine people, including the gunman, a pregnant woman and two children under 6, were killed in Erie, Pennsylvania,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-304830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304830","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=304830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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