9 dead after shooting in northern Pennsylvania

Eight people and a shooter are dead following a shooting and standoff in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday, October 9. WSEE/WICU Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! AP —  Eight people were killed Friday in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said.

The shooter was also dead, and there was no threat to the public, the city said. Authorities didn’t provide more details.

“I have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah told a local news station. “I’m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.”

Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday he offered his administration’s “full support” to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin.

This story has been updated with additional information.