8 killed, including 2 children, in mass shooting in northern Pennsylvania, officials say; suspect also dead

Updated on: October 10, 2026 / 8:24 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Eight people, including two children, were killed Friday in a mass shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, authorities said. The suspected gunman is also dead.

Erie police said the victims included a 1-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, four women — one of them pregnant — and two young men. The suspected shooter was related to seven of the eight victims, police said. No names have been released.

Police were called to Perry Street at around 5 p.m. Friday after witnesses reported seeing a man firing a gun before he entered a home.

Officials said two women were found dead in the street, and more victims were found dead inside the home. Police said that the suspect was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"Eight of those victims were related to each other," Erie Police Chief Richard Lorah said in a news conference Saturday afternoon. "I think it's too soon to talk about motive, but obviously everyone is family who is there and one family friend."

All of the deaths happened before officers arrived on scene, Lorah disclosed. There was no additional gunfire from responding…

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