Erie police say man holding baby when he was fatally shot outside of a house early Friday
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Erie police said a 25-year-old man was holding a 1-year-old baby while standing outside of a residence on the city's east side when the man was shot in the head and killed early Friday morning.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to UPMC Hamot, where he was pronounced dead about a half-hour later. The baby was not reported injured in the incident, according to police.
Erie police had no suspects Friday morning in the shooting, which was reported on Friday at 1:02 a.m. in the 700 block of East 25th Street according to police and Erie County 911.
The man was pronounced dead at UPMC Hamot at 1:37 a.m. Friday, authorities reported. An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m.
Police continued to hold the scene of the shooting, on the northeast corner of East 25th and Reed streets, as a crime scene on Friday morning. Detectives investigating the shooting said they were still interviewing possible witnesses and planned to return to the neighborhood to search for security cameras that might have captured video of the incident.
The shooting is the third fatal shooting in Erie in 15 days. If the man's death is ruled a homicide following his autopsy, it will be the third homicide in the city in that time period and the eighth so far this year.
Investigators said Friday that officers were initially called to the 700 block of East 25th Street on a report of a shooting and learned after arriving that the victim was shot in the head outside of a residence where he had been staying.
The man had a 1-year-old child with him outside of the residence when people inside the residence said they heard a gunshot, went outside and found the man with a gunshot wound to the head, Police Chief Dan Spizarny said. The occupants of the house picked up the child as police arrived on scene, he said.
One witness reported seeing an individual running away from the area of the shooting after it occurred, Spizarny said.
Anyone with information that could assist in the ongoing investigation is asked to call Erie police Detective Sgt. Craig Stoker at 814-870-1506.
In the other recent fatal shooting cases, Rhonda Glover, 33, was killed when she was shot as she sat in a vehicle in the 600 block of East 13th Street at about 8 p.m. on Nov. 17. Erie police have charged Aiyanna R. Atkinson, 21, and Darryl R. Gates, 39, in the killing.
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Patel Grogan, 24, was fatally shot inside a vehicle during what investigators said was the attempted robbery of another man on the late evening of Nov. 20. Police have charged Anika N. Duran, 21, of Millcreek Township, and have issued an arrest warrant for Adrian A. Thrower, 24, in the fatal shooting.
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This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie gun violence: Man fatally shot on East 25th Street in Erie
