{"id":31461,"date":"2026-10-11T07:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=31461"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:54:57","slug":"fourteen-killed-in-two-separate-us-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/10\/11\/fourteen-killed-in-two-separate-us-mass-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen killed in two separate US mass shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two mass shootings in the United States have claimed the lives of 14 people in the space of a few hours, local police forces have confirmed.<\/p>\n

Five people were shot dead at a home in Douglas, Georgia, on Friday evening, the city’s police department said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Officers from the Douglas Police Department were called out late on Friday to a report that shots had been fired. Five people with gunshot wounds were all pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Also on Friday evening, a further nine people were killed in Erie, Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/a>, in what was described as a “tragic mass \u200cshooting”.<\/p>\n

Police said two children and a pregnant woman were among those who died.<\/p>\n

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Police barrier tape cordoned off the house in Erie. (Image: WJET via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The city of Erie said in a statement all nine deaths, including that of the assailant, occurred before officers arrived at the scene, with no additional shots fired after that.<\/p>\n

They had been alerted via ShotSpotter, a controversial detection system that uses artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify possible gunshots.<\/p>\n

Governor Josh Shapiro wrote on social media: “I’ve spoken with Mayor [Daria] Devlin and offered my Administration’s \u2060full support \u200bfollowing the tragic \u200bmass shooting in \u200bErie last night – \u2060killing nine of our \u2060fellow Pennsylvanians.”<\/p>\n

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Residents gathered near the crime scene in Erie. (Image: WJET via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Erie police chief Rick Lorah described \u2060the scene as one \u200bof the most difficult he \u200bhad seen during his time.<\/p>\n

“The loss \u200bof life is devastating, and \u2060the circumstances we are working through are deeply disturbing,” he said in a statement, adding a motive had not yet been established.<\/p>\n

He told a local news station he had “not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years”.<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.”<\/p>\n

There is no single definition of a mass shooting in the United States<\/strong><\/a>, but it is generally understood to mean at least three or four people shot and killed, excluding the perpetrator.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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