ERIE, Pa. — A coroner on Monday released the names of the gunman and six of the eight people killed in Friday’s mass shooting at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, seven of whom were his relatives, The Associated Press reported.
Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the shooter as Matthew Stone Sr., 45. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said Stone took his own life at the home.
Cook identified the adult victims as Michelle Stone, 44; Angelina Stone, 24, who was due to give birth Monday; Jonathan Stone, 19; Matthew Stone, 21; and two women who lived elsewhere, Lora Roberts, 37, and Twila Tanner, 51. A 5-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl were also killed, but state law prevented the coroner from releasing their names.
At a memorial, Julius Windham said his daughter Amarianna was the toddler who was killed. He said Angelina Stone was the mother of both children who died, and that the gunman was their grandfather and the family patriarch.
Family friend Nicole Eller said Roberts often came to the house to help her niece and neighbor, Angelina Stone, during her pregnancy.
Friends described Roberts as a mother of five who was engaged to be married and a volunteer and former board member for a community group that helps homeless people. In a July Facebook post about recent shootings in the city, she wrote, “Erie we need to do better!!”
Sources: KTAR News/AP. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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