A 45-year-old man killed multiple people including children at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania before shooting himself.
On Friday evening, a 45-year-old man opened fire at a home in Erie, Pennsylvania, killing multiple people including a pregnant woman and young children before turning the gun on himself. The attacker was identified by at least one victim's father as the family's grandfather. Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah described the scene as one of the most difficult officers had ever encountered.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 1 bias group.
3 camps
1 bias group
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
Daily Wire
Washington Times
NY Post
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Daily Wire
Gunman Who Killed Nine In House Shooting ID'd As Victim's Grandpa
Shooter identified as grandfather, nine dead · negative
Washington Times
5 questions about the Erie, Pennsylvania, shooting
Unanswered questions about motive, eight dead · neutral
First to report
- Daily Wirefirst
- Washington Times+54 min
- NY Post+1.0 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Coverage splits mainly on victim count: Daily Wire reports nine killed while NY Post and Washington Times report eight. Daily Wire leads with family identification of the shooter as grandfather; NY Post frames him as family patriarch; Washington Times poses unanswered questions about motive.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Gunman Who Killed Nine In House Shooting ID'd As Victim's Grandpa”
“5 questions about the Erie, Pennsylvania, shooting”
“Pennsylvania shooter who killed 8 was family's patriarch, father of toddler killed says”
5 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
The shooter was identified by a victim's father as the family's grandfather and patriarch.
Corroborated
Disputed
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