Victims of Pennsylvania mass shooting included pregnant daughter of gunman

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NBC News · collected 2026-10-12 · by David K. Li
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Quick Summary

A mass shooting in northwest Pennsylvania left eight people dead, including the gunman Matthew Stone and his wife and children. Among the victims were Stone's pregnant daughter Angelina K. Stone who was due to give birth on Monday and two neighbors Twila A. Tanner and Lora Lee Roberts. The shooter killed himself after opening fire at a family home in Erie County.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-12, 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 Friday evening, nine people, including two children, were killed in a shooting rampage in Erie, Pennsylvania. The incident began when residents called 911 after hearing gunfire and seeing a man shoot outside a house; two women were found dead on the street as heavily armed officers arrived. A suspected gunman barricaded himself inside the home, leading to an hours-long standoff with police before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police discovered additional victims, including children, throughout the property upon entry. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah described it as "the worst scene" in his 28 years of service. The mayor and governor offered support to the community affected by this tragic event.

Written for “Pennsylvania Mass Shooting Victims” on 2026-10-12, grounded in this article and the 23 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
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Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
11
claim-shaped sentences
Uncertain
27%
3 of 11 hedged
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Correction & hedging signals
95.2
corrections and hedging in what we collected; not a measure of accuracy
Outlets on this story
24
Crime & Law
Narrative spread
1
articles carrying this framing
Analyzed 2026-10-12 · how these are computed

Story

📰 Pennsylvania Mass Shooting Victims
Crime & Law · 24 article(s) covering the same event. See how they differ ↓

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Compared with similar articles

This article reads unscored and hedges 27% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 7 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles describe the same mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania on the same day with matching victim and suspect details.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 12% hedged 2 of 16 📰 publisher trust 67
“Both articles describe a single mass shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 9th, involving Matthew Stone and multiple victims including family members.”
CBS News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 19% hedged 3 of 16 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe the identical mass shooting incident in Erie involving the same suspect and victims, with consistent details including the number of fatalities and the involvement of family members.”
Times of India
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 25% hedged 4 of 16 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the same mass shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 9, involving the deaths of nine people including a pregnant woman and two children, with the gunman later committing suicide.”
Fox News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 22% hedged 4 of 18 📰 publisher trust 70
“Both articles describe the same shooting incident in Pennsylvania, involving the same gunman and victims, with the same outcome of multiple fatalities including the suspected shooter's suicide.”
The Straits Times
⚖️ Leans left 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 11 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the exact same mass shooting incident in Pennsylvania on October 9, involving the same shooter and victims.”
The Hindu
⚖️ Leans left 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 10 📰 publisher trust 97
“Both articles describe the exact same shooting incident in Pennsylvania on October 10, 2026, involving the same number of victims and perpetrator.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 9 📰 publisher trust 61
“Both articles describe the same mass shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 10th, involving the same shooter and victims.”
Toronto Star
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 9 📰 publisher trust 63
“Both articles describe the exact same mass shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 9-10, 2026, involving Matthew Stone and nine victims including his family members.”
The Independent
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 7 📰 publisher trust 59
“Both articles describe the identical shooting incident in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 10th, involving the death of eight people and the shooter.”

Publisher

NBC News · 1267 article(s) · 0 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

David K. Li
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Topics

Erie County NBC NBC News Pennsylvania WICU

Subjects

Cook PERSON · 2× Ezekiel PERSON · 2× Angelina K. Stone PERSON · 1× Erie County GPE · 1× Lyell Cook PERSON · 1× Matthew Stone PERSON · 1× Matthew Stone Jr. PERSON · 1× Michelle Stone PERSON · 1× NBC News ORG · 1× Pennsylvania GPE · 1×

Narrative

Matthew Stone, 45, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday after killing six members of his own family and two neighbors, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook told NBC News on Monday.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-12
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Claims (11 extracted, 3 hedged)

The victims of a mass shooting in northwest Pennsylvania included the gunman’s wife and pregnant daughter who was due to give birth on Monday, authorities said. asserted
authorities → include → Monday
Matthew Stone, 45, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday after killing six members of his own family and two neighbors, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook told NBC News on Monday. asserted
Cook → die → Monday
Victims included the shooter’s wife Michelle Stone, 44, pregnant daughter Angelina K. Stone, 24, and sons Matthew Stone Jr. 21, and Jonathan Stone, 19, according to the coroner. uncertain
Victims → include → coroner
Angelina Stone was carrying “an unborn fetus who was supposed to have been born today,” Cook said. asserted
Cook → carry → fetus
Two other unidentified children, a 5-year-old boy and a nearly 2-year-old girl, were also related the shooter and killed inside the house, according to the coroner. uncertain
children → relate → coroner
All of the Stones lived at that Perry Street home while victims Twila A. Tanner, 51, and Lora Lee Roberts, 37, were neighbors who were fatally shot outside, Cook said. asserted
Cook → live → home
Juicesiyah Alexander Ezekiel, father of the slain little girl, said he’s struggling to understand why the elder Stone opened fire. asserted
Stone → slay → fire
“I wouldn’t even put this on my worst enemy man,” Ezekiel told NBC affiliate WICU. asserted
Ezekiel → put → WICU
The little girl was going to turn 2 next month. asserted
girl → go → 2
“Her name is Amari’anna,” Ezekiel said. asserted
Ezekiel → say → ?
“She’s the most beautiful baby God could have created.” uncertain
God → ’ → ?
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