A pregnant woman and two children were among the eight people killed by a Pennsylvania gunman, as police deemed the shooter’s rampage as one of the most difficult and heartbreaking scenes they had ever encountered.
The killings happened in Erie, about 120 miles north of Pittsburgh, on Friday evening in the 700 block of Perry Street.
Frightened residents called 911 after hearing shots and seeing a man opening fire with a handgun outside a home. When police arrived, they found two women lying dead in the street, according to ErieNewsNow.
One of the women was pregnant, according to reports.
The suspected shooter barricaded himself inside a home before a police standoff ended with him dead, apparently after taking his own life with a gunshot and bringing the total death toll to nine.
Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah called the deaths ‘devastating’ and said the incident was ‘deeply disturbing.’
‘This is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking scenes our officers and investigators have ever encountered,’ Lorah said last night, per WABC–TV.
All of the deaths happened before officers arrived, the City of Erie said on Saturday.
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