In a horrific murder-suicide incident in PA, a father threw his two young children to death before ending his life.
A 42-year-old man allegedly threw his two young children from a parking garage before jumping to his death in a suspected murder-suicide in Pennsylvania, police said. The victims were identified as Patrick Lynch, 42, and his children, James Lynch, 8, and Caroline Lynch, 6. Their bodies were found near a parking garage in Mt Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on Tuesday afternoon (November 3). Police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the 700 block of Washington Road, near the Mt. Lebanon municipal building, at around 4:15 pm.
Lynch allegedly pushed his two children from the upper level of the parking structure before jumping himself, according to preliminary findings cited in reports. Mt Lebanon Police chief Jason Haberman said investigators were treating the incident as a criminal investigation and not an accident. “At this time we are treating this incident not as an accident,” Haberman said during a news conference. Lebanon community will know somebody involved in this incident,” he said, expressing condolences to the victims’ family and friends.
All three suffered injuries consistent with a fall. First responders attempted to revive the three victims, but all were pronounced dead at the scene. The Allegheny County Police Department and the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office are assisting with the investigation. “Everybody in the Mt.