The victims of a mass shooting in northwestern Pennsylvania included the gunman’s wife and their pregnant daughter who was due to give birth on Monday, authorities said. Matthew Stone, 45, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday after opening fire at his home on Perry Street in Erie, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook told NBC News on Monday. Jr. 21, and Jonathan Stone, 19, according to the coroner. Angelina Stone was carrying “an unborn fetus that was supposed to have been born today,” Cook said. Bystanders gather near the scene of the shooting. Greg Wohlford / Erie-Times News via Reuters Two other unidentified children, a 5-year-old boy and an almost 2-year-old girl, were also linked to the shooter and died inside the home, according to the coroner. All six of those victims were found inside the home, where they lived, while victims Twila A. Tanner, 51, and Lora Lee Roberts, 37, were shot to death outside, Cook said. Roberts was Michelle Stone’s sister and had come to the house Friday at the request of Angelina Stone, who needed a ride to the hospital, said the victim’s friend, Christine Tombaugh. Lora Lee Roberts. Courtesy of Community of Caring Tanner was a friend and neighbor of Roberts and they lived just a few miles from the crime scene, according to Tombaugh. Roberts was active in local homeless advocacy work, so answering a family member’s call for help and bringing a friend to help her was typical of the victim’s kindness, Tombaugh said. “Absolutely, that’s what she was,” said Tombaugh, executive director of the Community of Caring homeless shelter. “His passion in life was helping others. He had a generous spirit, a beautiful heart,” Tombaugh said. “Great mom, just a valued friend. She had a heart for the homeless and needy, she just helped whoever she could. That was her passion.” Juicesiyah Alexander Ezekiel, father of the slain girl, said he is struggling to understand why the elder Stone opened fire. “I wouldn’t even put this on my worst enemy,” Ezekiel told NBC affiliate WICU. “It’s disgusting”. The girl was going to be 2 years old next month. “Her name is Amari’anna,” Ezekiel said. “She is the most beautiful baby God could have created.”
