Nine killed in shooting in US state of Pennsylvania, including two children

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Nine people were killed in a shooting on Friday in Erie, Pennsylvania. State officials confirmed the incident, and police stated that the suspected shooter was among the deceased. Local media reported that two children were also among the victims at a home in Erie. Police responded to reports of shots fired and discovered two women dead outside before encountering the barricaded suspect inside the residence. During the standoff, more gunshots were heard, and upon entering the building, police found additional victims, including the children. The attacker appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah described the incident as the most devastating he has witnessed in his career.

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Mass shootings occur frequently in the United States.

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Two children were among the victims killed at a home in Erie.

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The suspected shooter was among the nine deceased.

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Nine people were killed in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania on Friday.

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The deceased attacker had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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The Erie-Pennsylvania" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="216095" data-entity-type="event">shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania happened on Friday, according to state officials.Nine people were killed Friday in a shooting in the US state of Pennsylvania, according to Governor Josh Shapiro. Police said the suspected shooter was among the nine dead.Local media reported that two children were also among those killed at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, which is 188 kilometres (117 miles) north of Pittsburgh.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Renee Good’s family sues Trump administration over fatal ICE shootinglist 2 of 3‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s executionlist 3 of 3ICE shooting of New York man in car with five-year-old sparks protestsend of listPolice in the city of Erie were called Friday around 5:00pm local time (21:00 GMT) to reports of shots fired and discovered two women dead in the street, the Erie-news-now" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="216094" data-entity-type="organization">Erie News Now outlet said.The attacker barricaded himself inside the home as police surrounded the building and ordered him to exit.More gunshots were heard during the standoff, Erie-news-now" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="216094" data-entity-type="organization">Erie News Now reported.When police eventually entered the building, they found several more victims around the home, including the two children. The deceased attacker had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the outlet said, citing police.Erie-news-now" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="216094" data-entity-type="organization">Erie News Now said that police officers who responded to the scene were being offered counselling over the horrifying incident.“I have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah told a local news station on Saturday. “I’m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.”Lorah declined to provide more details but said the circumstances of the shooting were “deeply disturbing”.Shapiro said Saturday he offered his administration’s “full support” to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin.Mass shootings occur frequently in the United States, where guns vastly outnumber the population and efforts to increase firearm restrictions face steep political and legal hurdles.

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