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Pennsylvania house that was scene of mass shooting was ‘filthy,’ filled with bottles of urine
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Matthew Stone, a 45-year-old man in Erie, Pennsylvania, killed eight family members with a .40-caliber handgun linked to a previous domestic violence incident before dying by suicide.
- The family home was described by police as extremely filthy and dysfunctional, with reports of Stone being increasingly controlling and isolating his family over several years.
- Stone had a prior 2019 domestic violence arrest involving the same firearm, but charges were dropped when his wife, Michelle Stone, declined to cooperate.
- Victims included Stone’s wife, pregnant daughter, two sons, sister-in-law, her friend, and two young children; the pregnant daughter had planned to leave the home and had filed to change her last name due to concerns about her father’s mental health.
- Local officials pledged to review their interactions with the family to identify missed opportunities for intervention and to improve community support for struggling families.
