Multiple people are dead after a shooting in Pennsylvania that occurred Friday night, according to local news reports.

“I have not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years,” Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said. “I’m not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed.” 

The suspected gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Witnesses told police they saw someone firing a weapon before authorities arrived.

Police described the scene as horrific and said they currently do not know what led to the deaths.