January 25, 2019 - 12:52 PM
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Latest on shooting at a hotel bar in Pennsylvania (all times local):
3:45 p.m.
Police say another person has died, hours after a gunman opened fire at a hotel bar in central Pennsylvania, then broke into a home and fatally shot a man there before killing himself.
State College Police Chief John Gardner says 19-year-old Steven Beachy died of his wounds at a hospital Friday.
The initial shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in State College, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) from Penn State University's main campus.
Authorities say 21-year-old Jordan Witmer, of Bellefonte, shot and killed 62-year-old Dean Beachy, of Millersburg, Ohio, at the bar. He also wounded a woman whom he apparently had been in a relationship with. Dean Beachy is Steven's father.
Witmer then broke into a home, where he fatally shot the homeowner, 83-year-old George McCormick, before turning the gun on himself.
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7:45 a.m.
Authorities say a gunman opened fire at a hotel bar in central Pennsylvania, killing a man and wounding two other people, then broke into a home where he fatally shot another man before killing himself.
The initial shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Thursday at P.J. Harrigan's Bar & Grill in State College, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) from Penn State University's main campus.
Authorities say 21-year-old Jordan Witmer, of Bellefonte, shot and killed 62-year-old Dean Beachy, of Millersburg, Ohio, at the bar. He also wounded a woman whom he apparently had been in a relationship with, along with another man.
Witmer then drove away from the bar and later broke into a home, where he fatally shot the homeowner, 83-year-old George McCormick, before turning the gun on himself.
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5:10 a.m.
Authorities say at least one person has been killed and multiple people have been shot by a gunman who opened fire at a hotel bar in central Pennsylvania.
WHTM-TV reports said the shooting occurred Thursday about 10:30 p.m. at P.J. Harrigan's Bar & Grill on Atherton Street in State College. The bar is located inside the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center and about two miles (3 kilometres) from Penn State University's main campus.
Police said the woman was shot and killed at the bar. Two others were also injured in the shooting.
Authorities said a 21-year-old man from Bellefonte drove away from the bar and broke into a home and shot a man inside before shooting and killing himself.
No further information was immediately available.
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