Pennsylvania, Oct. 10 -- A mass shooting and hours-long standoff in Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine people dead, including two children. CBS News, citing local media reports, indicated that law enforcement was dispatched to Perry Street around 5 PM on Friday following witness accounts of an armed man firing shots before entering a residence.

Officers discovered two deceased women on the street and found additional victims inside the house. Authorities stated that the suspect was also located inside, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Although it remains unconfirmed whether the suspect is included in the nine reported fatalities, police affirmed that the area is secure and there is no remaining danger to the publ...