10/12/2026
PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY MASSACRE: GRANDFATHER IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTED GUNMAN
ERIE, PA | October 9, 2026
Heartbreaking new details are emerging following a horrific mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, that claimed the lives of multiple generations of one family, including two young children and their pregnant mother.
The suspected gunman has been identified by family members as 45-year-old Matthew Stone, although authorities have not officially confirmed his identity.
Among those killed were reportedly his wife, Michelle Stone, and their three adult children: Angelina, Matthew Jr., and Jonathan.
Angelina Stone, 24, was just days away from giving birth to her third child. She was killed alongside her 5-year-old son, Isiah, her nearly 2-year-old daughter, Amari’anna, and her unborn baby boy, Kyrie.
Two other women, Michelle’s sister, Lora Roberts, 37, and family friend Twila Tanner, 51, reportedly arrived at the home while the violence was unfolding.
Surveillance footage captured the women desperately seeking help from neighbors and pounding on the door. Investigators say the gunman came outside, fatally shot both women, and returned inside the home.
When officers entered the residence, they discovered multiple victims throughout the house. The suspected gunman was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
In total, eight people were fatally shot, along with Angelina’s unborn baby. The suspected gunman’s death brings the total to ten lives lost.
Investigators have not established a motive.
An entire family devastated. Two women who reportedly rushed to help lost their lives trying to protect others. And three young children, including a baby who never had the chance to be born, are gone.
Our thoughts are with the surviving family members, friends, and the entire Erie community as they face this unimaginable tragedy.
