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🧵 Saga file #37

Erie family massacre

Oct 10, 12 PM ET to Oct 12, 11 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now

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  1. Oct 10, 12 PM ET · on the front pages 2.5 daysShooting leaves nine dead in Erie, Pennsylvania
  2. Oct 12, 10 AM ET · on the front pages 10 hoursPennsylvania shooter killed 8 including family members

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Oct 1112 PMOct 1212 PM1835Shooting leaves nine dead in Erie, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania shooter killed 8 including family members
Front pages carrying each part at each hourly run, Oct 10, 12 PM to Oct 12, 11 PM ET (peak 35), stacked by part: 1 · 2
Oct 10, 12 PMOct 1112 PMOct 1212 PM1. Shooting leaves nine dead in Erie…Shooting leaves nine dead in Erie, PennsylvaniaShooting leaves nine dead in Erie, Pennsylvania: Oct 10, 12 PM to Oct 12, 11 PM ET, 35 outlets2. Pennsylvania shooter killed 8 inc…Pennsylvania shooter killed 8 including family membersPennsylvania shooter killed 8 including family members: Oct 12, 10 AM to Oct 12, 8 PM ET, 4 outlets📺 TVFox News, Oct 10, 8:32 PM ET: ERIE, PA SHOOTING LEAVES 9 DEAD INCLUDING SUSPECTCNN, Oct 11, 3:44 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 3:44 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 3:45 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFFox News, Oct 11, 4:32 AM ET: ERIE, PA SHOOTING LEAVES 9 DEAD INCLUDING SUSPECTCNN, Oct 11, 4:41 AM ET: PENNSYLVANIA SHOOTINGCNN, Oct 11, 4:45 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 4:46 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 4:46 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 5:36 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 5:36 AM ET: MAN KILLS 8 IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME BEFORE TURNING GUN ON HIMSELFCNN, Oct 11, 7:41 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:42 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:42 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:43 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:43 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:44 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:44 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:45 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:45 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSCNN, Oct 11, 7:46 AM ET: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA DEAL WITH MEASLES OUTBREAKSFox News, Oct 11, 12:45 PM ET: DEATHS ON MICHIGAN TRAIL SPARK SERIAL KILLER FEARSFox News, Oct 11, 12:45 PM ET: POLICE BELIEVE ALL 5 PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE HOMELESSFox News, Oct 11, 12:46 PM ET: POLICE PROBE FIVE DEATHS ALONG LANSING, MI TRAILFox News, Oct 11, 12:46 PM ET: POLICE BELIEVE ALL 5 PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE HOMELESSFox News, Oct 11, 12:47 PM ET: MI POLICE OPEN TIP LINE RELATED TO LANSING DEATHSFox News, Oct 11, 4:01 PM ET: 5 DEATHS ON MI TRAIL RAISE FEARS OF SERIAL KILLERFox News, Oct 11, 4:13 PM ET: 9 DEAD, INCLUDING GUNMAN, IN ERIE MASS SHOOTINGFox News, Oct 11, 4:13 PM ET: INVESTIGATORS SEEK MOTIVE IN ERIE MASS SHOOTINGBBC News, Oct 11, 8:29 PM ET: They hit me. Then they loaded their gunsFox News, Oct 12, 5:35 AM ET: SERIAL KILLER FEARSFox News, Oct 12, 5:40 AM ET: SERIAL KILLER FEARS GRIP MICHIGAN COLLEGE TOWNBBC News, Oct 12, 5:54 AM ET: Gunfire injures two staff at school near MarseilleBBC News, Oct 12, 5:55 AM ET: Gunfire injures two staff at school near MarseilleFox News, Oct 12, 6:24 AM ET: MAN CHARGED IN ONE OF FIVE MI RIVER TRAIL DEATHSFox News, Oct 12, 8:15 AM ET: MINNESOTA HOMECOMING SHOOTING SUSPECT DUE IN COURTFox News, Oct 12, 8:33 AM ET: ACTOR KEEGAN ALLEN ROBBED OUTSIDE GROCERY STOREFox News, Oct 12, 9:17 AM ET: NEW DETAILS IN OLE MISS STUDENTS' DEATHSFox News, Oct 12, 11:20 AM ET: SERIAL KILLER FEARS GRIP MICHIGAN COLLEGE TOWNFox News, Oct 12, 11:21 AM ET: MI POLICE INCREASE PATROLS ALONG RIVER TRAILFox News, Oct 12, 11:21 AM ET: AUTHORITIES PROBING 5 DEATHS ALONG MI RIVER TRAILFox News, Oct 12, 11:23 AM ET: MINNESOTA HOMECOMING SHOOTING SUSPECT DUE IN COURTFox News, Oct 12, 11:27 AM ET: OLE MISS DEATHS LATESTFox News, Oct 12, 11:27 AM ET: MN HOMECOMING SHOOTING SUSPECT RELEASED ON BAILFox News, Oct 12, 12:00 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 12:01 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 12:02 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 12:02 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 12:03 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 12:04 PM ET: REPEAT OFFENDERS ALLEGEDLY BEHIND RECENT KILLINGSFox News, Oct 12, 4:02 PM ET: TEEN SHOOTING SUSPECT OUT ON BOND IN 2 DAYSFox News, Oct 12, 2:31 PM ET: ACCUSED MN HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER RELEASED ON BONDFox News, Oct 12, 2:32 PM ET: ACCUSED MN HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER RELEASED ON BOND📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 11, 4:09 AM ETNPR News Now, Oct 11, 3:10 AM ETNPR News Now, Oct 11, 1:09 AM ETABC News Update, Oct 11, 12:32 AM ETABC News Update, Oct 10, 8:32 PM ETABC News Update, Oct 10, 6:05 PM ETNPR News Now, Oct 10, 3:10 PM ET🧶 online🧶retold online (the day's report)
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1. Shooting leaves nine dead in Erie, Pennsylvania

Oct 10, 12 PM ET · 35 outlets · on the front pages 2.5 days · 🔴 now

“'DEEPLY DISTURBING' Children and pregnant woman among nine dead in horror mass shooting after ‘gunman opened fire’ at US home” first: The Sun

📺 CNN 10 min, Fox News 9 min, BBC News 2 min · 📻 7 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 36

2. Pennsylvania shooter killed 8 including family members

Oct 12, 10 AM ET · 4 outlets · on the front pages 10 hours

“Grandpa ID’d as crazed killer who shot 9 — including own kids, grandkids — in Pa. murder-suicide: relatives” first: New York Post

📺 Fox News 16 s

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