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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

Pennsylvania man who killed family had controlled their movements and finances: police

Pennsylvania Shooting - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Pennsylvania man who fatally shot eight others, including seven family members, before killing himself had exercised strict control over his relatives, including their finances and interactions with others, police said Thursday.

Investigators still don't know why family patriarch Matthew Stone Sr. gunned down his wife, their three children, two grandchildren and two women who had rushed to the home and were shot outside, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said at a news conference.

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