Horrifying video captured women and children screaming as they fled a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, where a grandfather killed nine members of his family before taking his own life.
The footage, obtained by Your Erie, shows two women unknowingly walking toward the massacre on Perry Street Friday before a chilling scream breaks the silence.
“Oh my God,” someone cries out as multiple gunshots begin ringing through the neighborhood.
As terrified screams echo around them, one woman runs back in the direction she came from, followed moments later by the second woman.
A third person across 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 video 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, the coroner’s office confirmed.
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 at his family’s Erie home before taking his own life, according to the coroner’s office
Video shows two women unknowingly walking toward the massacre on Perry Street Friday
Angelina’s unborn baby, Kyrie, who was due to be born Wednesday, was also killed, along with her two young children, five-year-old Isaiah and Amari’anna, who was nearly two. The family shared the details in a GoFundMe fundraiser.
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 ruled Stone Sr’s death a suicide, while the deaths of the other victims were classified as homicides.
The Erie Times-News reported that all of the victims except Roberts were 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 were sent to the scene after a ShotSpotter alert reported two gunshots on the street where the deadly attack occurred, the department said.
Screams erupt before one woman is seen running away, with the second following shortly afterward
Stone Sr killed his pregnant 24-year-old daughter, Angelina Stone, her unborn baby Kyrie, who was due Wednesday, and her two young children, five-year-old Isaiah and Amari’anna, who was nearly two
Investigators recovered video and audio containing muffled gunshots from inside the home shortly before two “distressed” women arrived and began pounding on the door, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said.
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.’
