{"id":2484,"date":"2026-10-11T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:03:54","slug":"eight-killed-in-pennsylvania-mass-shooting-gunman-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Eight killed in Pennsylvania mass shooting, gunman dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, \u200bincluding a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to \u200cdeath, authorities said on Saturday at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening\u2019s shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shooter, who has yet to be identified, died of an apparent self-inflicted wound before officers arrived on \u200bthe scene, said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome scenes stay with you long \u200bafter you leave them. This is one of those tragic scenes,\u201d Lorah \u2060said.<\/p>\n<p>Police have yet to establish a motive, Lorah said. He said eight of the nine \u200bwho died in the shooting were family members, and one was a family friend.<\/p>\n<p>Lorah said \u200bafter 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 \u200bof the home on Perry Street, Lorah said.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Mayor Daria Devlin said the police \u200bdepartment \u201carrived at a horrific scene, faced unimaginable circumstances, and carried out their duties with courage and professionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey too \u200care \u2060members 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<p>Shapiro has \u200blong advocated for \u201ccommon sense \u200bgun safety,\u201d and pushed \u2060the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2024 to pass gun reforms, including universal background checks and restrictions on ghost guns, which are homemade \u200bguns that lack serial numbers and cannot be traced.<\/p>\n<p>Several of \u200bShapiro\u2019s proposals have \u2060stalled in the state legislature.<\/p>\n<p>There have been more than 400 mass shootings in the US in 2026, according to data compiled by Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting \u2060as one \u200bin which four or more people are shot, excluding \u200bthe shooter.<\/p>\n<p>The last recorded mass shootings in Pennsylvania took place in July in Philadelphia, according to the \u200bdata.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, \u200bincluding a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to \u200cdeath, authorities said on Saturday at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening\u2019s shooting. The shooter, who has yet to be identified, died of an apparent self-inflicted wound before officers arrived on \u200bthe scene, said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah. \u201cSome scenes stay with you long \u200bafter you leave them. This is one of those tragic scenes,\u201d Lorah \u2060said. Police have yet to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}