A pregnant Pennsylvania woman who was reportedly just four days from giving birth and her two young children were among eight people killed in a mass shooting at an Erie home Friday.
Local reports identified the woman as Angelina Stone, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed alongside her children and several other relatives.
CBS Pittsburgh reported that Stone was four days from her due date. A family friend told Erie News Now that she was expected to give birth “in a couple of days.”
A GoFundMe campaign created to help pay for funeral costs identified Stone’s children as Isiah and Amari’anna, while her unborn baby was named Kyrie.
Angelina Stone, who was eight months pregnant, was killed along with her children and several other relatives, according to local reports. (GoFundMe)
“This situation is horrific and unimaginable,” neighbor Jennifer Macko told CBS Pittsburgh.
Lisa Simmers, a friend of the family, remembered Stone’s children as “beautiful, beautiful children” who “definitely did not deserve what happened to them.”
“She had a daughter that was almost two, and her son Isiah, who I believe was like four or five,” Simmers told Erie News Now.
Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said Saturday that eight victims were killed in the Friday evening shooting. The suspected gunman, a 45-year-old man, later died from what investigators believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Erie, Pennsylvania, home where eight people were killed in a mass shooting Friday. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
According to police and a relative who spoke with The Associated Press, the suspected gunman was related to seven of the eight victims. He was the family patriarch and a grandfather, while the eighth victim was a family friend, Lorah said.
Lorah said mental health could have been a factor in the shooting but cautioned that investigators had not yet determined a motive.
Investigators believe all eight victims and the suspected gunman were dead before officers arrived at the home.
The GoFundMe organizer said the family was asking for help with funeral expenses for Stone and her children.
“I’m raising funds for Angelina, Isiah, baby girl Amari’anna, and unborn Kyrie after an unthinkable tragedy,” the fundraiser states.
The GoFundMe organizer said the family was seeking help covering funeral expenses for Stone and her children. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
The organizer wrote, “This is more than our family can carry alone right now, and we truly need the community to rally around us. Any donation, no matter the amount, will help ease the financial burden and help us give Angelina, Isiah, Amari’anna, and Kyrie the farewell they deserve.”
The Erie Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing.
The Erie Police Department could not immediately be reached by News Outlet for comment.
