Horrifying footage captured women and children screaming and fleeing a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, where a grandfather killed nine members of his family before taking his own life.
The video, obtained by Your Erie, shows two women walking toward the scene on Perry Street Friday, apparently unaware of the horror unfolding nearby. A chilling scream is then heard.
“Oh my God,” one person cries out before a series of gunshots rings through the recording.
As frightened screams echo in the background, one woman turns and races back the way she came. The second woman quickly follows.
A person on the opposite side of the street also turns and runs away from the scene.
The recording also captures people shouting for others to “get in the house” before the footage ends.
Six adults, two children and an unborn baby were killed after Matthew Stone Sr., 45, opened fire inside his family’s Erie home and then died by suicide, according to the coroner’s office.
Stone Sr. killed his wife, Michelle Stone, 44; their sons, Jonathan Stone, 19, and Matthew Stone Jr., 21; and his pregnant 24-year-old daughter, Angelina Stone.
Matthew Stone Sr., 45, opened fire on his family’s Erie home before taking his own life, the coroner’s office confirmed
Footage shows two women unknowingly walking toward the massacre on Perry Street Friday
Angelina’s unborn daughter, Kyrie, was due to be born Wednesday. Her two other young children, five-year-old Isaiah and Amari’anna, who was nearly two, also died in the shooting, according to the family’s GoFundMe.
Amari’anna’s father, Juicesiyah Alexander Ezekiel, who is also known as Julius Windham, told Erie News Now: “I wouldn’t even put this on my worst enemy. It’s sickening.”
Michelle’s sister, Lora Roberts, 37, and family friend Twila Tanner, 51, were also killed while reportedly trying to protect the children, according to their fundraiser pages.
The coroner classified Stone Sr.’s death as a suicide and ruled that the other victims died by homicide.
The Erie Times-News reported that every victim except Roberts was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Roberts was taken to a nearby hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
Erie police officers responded after a ShotSpotter alert reported two gunshots on the street where the deadly attack took place, the department said.
Screams erupt before one woman is seen sprinting away, followed moments later by the second
Stone Sr. killed his pregnant 24-year-old daughter, Angelina Stone, her unborn child Kyrie, who was due Wednesday, and her two other children, five-year-old Isaiah and Amari’anna, who was nearly two
Investigators recovered video and audio evidence containing muffled gunshots from inside the home. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said two “distressed” women arrived shortly afterward and began pounding on the door.
The gunman then came out and shot them as they ran toward him, before returning inside.
Responding officers found the two women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside and found the bodies of the five-year-old boy and one-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.
Lorah declined to discuss motive but suggested mental health could be a factor. He said investigators would talk to relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.
‘They knew something was going on at that house,’ Lorah said. ‘We have to figure out what that is.’
Lorah also noted that Stone Sr does have a history of prior interactions with the police department, although the last interaction is believed to have been in 2022.
Stone Sr shot and killed his son Matthew Stone Jr, 21, (pictured) wife, Michelle Stone, 44, their other son, Jonathan Stone, 19
Michelle’s sister, Lora Roberts (left), 37, and family friend Twila Tanner (right), 51, died in the shooting while trying to protect the children
At a news conference on Saturday, Erie Mayor Daria Devlin offered support to the victims’ families.
‘I am so deeply sorry,’ Devlin said. ‘What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier.
‘Our entire community is with you. We’re grieving with you. And we are here to support you.’