On October 9, 2026, Erie, Pennsylvania police responded to a ShotSpotter alert at a Perry Street home and found eight people shot dead, including two young children and a pregnant woman, plus the suspected gunman dead of a self-inflicted wound. Two women who came to help were shot outside. The Erie County Coroner ruled the unborn baby's death a homicide and said no autopsies would be performed. Investigators plan to examine the phones of the two women who came to the house. Recordings captured muffled gunfire inside before the women arrived, and officers found the two young children on the first floor, four victims in the stairwell and the shooter on the second floor. No motive has been confirmed.