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Police in Erie, Pennsylvania, say 9 people died in connection with a shooting, including the suspect · Best of: Features

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  Shooting leaves nine dead, including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say. Written
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  by Holly Raymer and Jacqueline Ganoon. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice generated by Everlet. A man killed eight people, including
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  a pregnant woman.
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  Children, and other relatives at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania, before taking
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  his own life as well, authorities said Saturday. Erie police chief Rick
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  Laura said. The 45-year-old man was related to seven of they victims
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  in the previous day's shooting, while the eighth was a friend of
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  the pregnant woman. Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled
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  gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two distressed. Women
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  arrived and began pounding on the door shortly before five PM Friday,
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  he said. The gunmen then came out and shot them as they
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  ran toward him, before returning inside. Police arrived to find the two
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  women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside
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  and found the bodies of a five year old boy, a one
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  year old girl on the first floor, two more women and two
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  young men in a stairwell, and the shooter on the second floor.
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  Out of respect for They
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  victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what
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  our officers encountered inside that home, the chief said at a news
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  conference. But I want our community to understand the gravity of that
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  happened, and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved
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  and on our community as a whole. Laura declined to discuss motive,
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  but said investigators would talk to other relatives and examine the cellphones
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  of the women who were killed outside the home. They knew something
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  was going on at that house, he said. We have to figure
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  out what that is. Laura said officers arrived within minutes of receiving
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  an alert via ShotSpotter, a controversial gunshot detection system that relies on
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  artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify gunshots. No additional
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  shots were fired after that Sounds that may have been mistaken for
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  gunfire came from flashbang devices, chemical munitions, used by SWAT officers, he
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  said. Governor Josh Chupero said he offered his administration's full support to
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  Erie Mayor Daria Devlin, who spoke directly to the victims families during
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  the news conference. I am so deeply sorry. What happened to you
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  was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say
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  to day that will make this any easier, she said. But you
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  do need to know that our entire community is with you, we're
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  grieving with you, and we are here to support you. District Attorney
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  Elizabeth Hertz urged the public to refrain from speculation as the investigation
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  continues. Please do not allow rumors, speculation, or unverified information to add
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  to the pain that these families are already experiencing, she said. Erie
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  is about one hundred and twenty miles north of Pittsburgh. Speaking
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  at a campaign rally outside Philadelphia, Chupero mentioned both the Erie killings
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  and the shooting of two Philadelphia police officers early Saturday. Today has
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  been a dark day across this Commonwealth, he said. This story corrects
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  that the total number of people found dead nine includes the suspected
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  shooter. Raymer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Jacqueline Ganoon is a core
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  member for the Associated Press, Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report
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  for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in
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  local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.