Background: The block in Seven Fields, Pennsylvania, where the shooting occurred (KDKA/YouTube). Inset: Madeline Spatafore (University of Pittsburgh).
A tragic incident unfolded in Pennsylvania when a man reportedly shot and killed his wife, whom he had been married to for less than two years, before calling his parents to confess the crime, authorities report.
Ryan Hosso, aged 26, allegedly took the life of his 25-year-old wife, Madeline Spatafore, as confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Police. Officials suspect that Hosso subsequently took his own life.
The police were alerted early Tuesday morning, around 1:15 a.m., by a call from Hosso’s parents. They reported that their son had informed them about the fatal shooting of his wife at their home in Seven Fields, Pennsylvania, and threatened to end his own life.
Seven Fields is situated just north of Pittsburgh in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Upon arriving at the couple’s residence, officers discovered Spatafore had succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds. Hosso, however, was not present at the scene.
Authorities later found Hosso deceased in a wooded area behind the home, having suffered a single gunshot wound. The Pennsylvania State Police have classified the case as a suspected murder-suicide.
Spatafore was working as an advanced practice provider in the neurovascular ICU department of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, its website states. She studied physician assistant studies at Duquesne University.
Hosso and Spatafore were high school sweethearts, graduating in 2018 and 2019, respectively, NBC affiliate WPXI reported. They were married in September 2024 in Ohio.
Pennsylvania State Police said the investigation is ongoing. Trooper Bertha Cazy said their agency’s crime unit “will be talking to the neighbors to try and get a history of what was going on and see if there was anything they noticed that was out of place.”
