Grandpa ID’d as crazed killer who shot 9 of his kids, grandkids in shocking Pa. murder-suicide: relatives

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-11 · by Jesse O’Neill
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Quick Summary

A 45-year-old grandfather in Erie, Pennsylvania, killed nine family members, including his pregnant daughter Angelina Stone who was due to give birth soon, before taking his own life on Friday. The victims also included two women who rushed to help when shots were heard. Police found video and audio evidence showing gunshots inside the home prior to the killings outside. Authorities have not released the identity of the shooter or provided a motive, pending further investigation and notification of surviving family members.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

On October 9, nine people, including two children, were killed in a shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania. The suspect opened fire with a handgun before barricading himself inside a home, leading to an hours-long standoff with police that ended when the gunman died from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Two women were found dead outside the house upon arrival of emergency responders, and additional victims were discovered throughout the interior of the residence.

Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah described it as one of the worst scenes he has encountered in his 28-year career. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, with authorities stating there is no longer a threat to public safety but that investigations are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what occurred. Mayor Daria Devlin and Governor Josh Shapiro both expressed their support for the city following this tragic event.

Written for “Pennsylvania Shooting Victims Include…” on 2026-10-11, grounded in this article and the 18 other(s) covering the same event.
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claim-shaped sentences
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6 of 29 hedged
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Correction & hedging signals
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
Narrative spread
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Analyzed 2026-10-11 · how these are computed

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📰 Pennsylvania Shooting Victims Include…
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Compared with similar articles

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Daily Mail · 0.93 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 33% hedged 9 of 27 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles describe the exact same mass murder-suicide incident involving a grandfather shooting nine of his loved ones and taking his own life in Erie, Pennsylvania.”
South China Morning Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 4 📰 publisher trust 67
“Both articles describe a shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on the same day with the same number of victims and suspect.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 3% hedged 1 of 29 📰 publisher trust 67
“Both articles describe a single mass murder-suicide incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 11, 2026 involving the death of nine people including Angelina Stone and her relatives.”
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 5% hedged 1 of 22 📰 publisher trust 65
“The articles describe different murder-suicide events involving distinct individuals in separate locations.”
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 7 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles describe the identical shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on Friday evening, involving the deaths of nine people including children and a police standoff.”
CBS News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 19% hedged 3 of 16 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe a mass shooting incident in Erie on the same day, involving multiple victims and resulting in the suspect's death.”
Times of India
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 25% hedged 4 of 16 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the identical shooting incident involving nine victims in Erie, Pennsylvania, including two children and a pregnant woman, with the gunman dying by suicide.”
The Hindu
⚖️ Leans left 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 10 📰 publisher trust 96
“Both articles describe the same shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania involving a grandfather who killed eight people and then committed suicide.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 9 📰 publisher trust 61
“Both articles describe a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania on the same date resulting in nine deaths including the shooter.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 1 📰 publisher trust 61
“Both articles describe a shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on the same date involving eight members of the same family killed and another related death by suicide.”

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Who wrote this

Jesse O’Neill
10 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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Topics

Erie Erie News Now New York Ohio Pennsylvania

Subjects

Angelina PERSON · 3× Erie GPE · 3× Erie News Now ORG · 2× Ezekiel PERSON · 2× Lisa Simmers PERSON · 2× Amari’anna PERSON · 1× Angelina Stone PERSON · 1× Isiah PERSON · 1× Kryie PERSON · 1× Pennsylvania GPE · 1×

Narrative

“Angelina’s father killed Angelina and her children in a murder-suicide, and now our family is facing the painful task of laying them to rest,” said an online fundraiser that had collected almost $24,000 by Sunday.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-11
🔮 She’s the most beautiful baby God could have created.”

Claims (29 extracted, 6 hedged)

The crazed killer in a mass murder-suicide in Pennsylvania was a grandfather who slaughtered nine of his own loved ones, including his young grandchildren and a daughter days away from giving birth again, according to horrified relatives. uncertain
who → slaughter → relatives
The 45-year-old suspect, who has yet to be fully identified, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in the family home in Erie late Friday, with the murder weapon beside him, officials told Erie News Now. asserted
officials → have → News
After a shooting spree inside the house, he had stepped outside to gun down two women, ages 51 and 37, who rushed to the scene, before going back inside and killing himself, according to cops. uncertain
who → step → cops
The dead included Angelina Stone, the killer’s pregnant daughter who was days away from giving birth to a third child, Kryie, who was on Saturday added to the death toll, taking it to 10. asserted
who → include → 10
Her two other kids — son Isiah, 5, and daughter Amari’anna, almost 2 — were also killed. asserted
kids → kill → ?
“Angelina’s father killed Angelina and her children in a murder-suicide, and now our family is facing the painful task of laying them to rest,” said an online fundraiser that had collected almost $24,000 by Sunday. asserted
that → kill → Sunday
The fundraiser did not otherwise identify the killer dad, who has also not yet been identified by authorities. asserted
who → identify → authorities
But the father of one of Angelina’s slain children also told Erie News Now that the killer was his one-time partner’s dad “It was my baby, bro, and he just took her,” Ezekiel said. asserted
Ezekiel → slay → her
She’s the most beautiful baby God could have created.” uncertain
God → ’ → ?
Stone had already named her unborn child Kyrie, and was due to deliver him on Wednesday. asserted
Stone → name → Wednesday
“She was pregnant, about to have a baby in a couple of days and she had a daughter that was almost two, and her son Isaiah, who I believe was four or five,” Ezekiel’s sister Lisa Simmers told the outlet. asserted
sister → have → outlet
“They are all just beautiful children and definitely did not deserve what happened to them.” asserted
what → deserve → them
Erie cops have yet to suggest a motive, and said Sunday that identifications were being held because “surviving family members are still being notified.” asserted
members → have → motive
Another fundraising website had been set up for Lora Roberts, who organizers said was among those murdered. asserted
organizers → set → those
Roberts was remembered as “a loving mother of five, a devoted fiancée, a cherished daughter, family member, and friend to so many,” by organizers Kellie Eggleston and Christine Tombaugh. asserted
Roberts → remember → organizers
The mass shooting unfolded shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday in a home on the 700 block of Perry Road on the East Side of the lakeside city of 91,000 between New York and Ohio. asserted
shooting → unfold → York
Investigators uncovered video and audio evidence that showed gunshots were fired in the home before two “distressed” woman began pounding on the door of the house, police said. asserted
police → uncover → house
The 45-year-old family patriarch came outside and shot them dead before going back into the house, according to authorities. uncertain
patriarch → come → authorities
When cops arrived, they found the bodies of the women, ages 37 and 51, outside. asserted
they → arrive → women
After deploying a drone and a robot during a non-violent standoff, they entered the house to find the bodies of a 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl on the first floor. asserted
they → deploy → floor
Two women and two men were found dead in a stairwell and the body of the shooter was found upstairs, police said. asserted
police → find → shooter
It was the worst scene I have ever experienced,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said at a press conference. asserted
Lorah → experience → conference
An outpouring of grief and support was seen at a candlelight vigil in front of the home Saturday night as community members lit candles, left balloons, and placed stuffed animals at the active scene. asserted
members → see → scene
“My son heard the first shot go off and then we heard the screaming, and then we heard the next three that went off as well. asserted
that → hear → three
So it was quite frightening for us to experience,” neighbor Candice Delange said at the growing memorial, according to WTAE-TV. uncertain
Delange → experience → TV
We heard the shots. asserted
We → hear → shots
We heard everything go down, step by step. asserted
everything → hear → step
We were here while we couldn’t run into the house and help the babies,” Lisa Simmers, a family member, reportedly asked. uncertain
Simmers → run → babies
“How do you go home and tell your kids like, hey, your mom, your siblings, your uncles and everybody else just got murdered by your grandpa?” asserted
mom → go → grandpa
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