3 people dead in shooting near Erie

From staff and wire reports

Three people are dead following what police say was a double-murder suicide in North East Township.

The shooting happened in the 10,500 block of East Lake Rd., near Heath Haven Road.

Police were called to the scene around 11 a.m. Sunday. They found three people deceased in the front yard of a home at the end of a private drive.

According to Erie state police, James Hemmis, 53, who lived with Teresa Maroglio, 54, shot her and Christopher Feucht, 52, several times as they were sitting on Feucht’s porch. Police said Hemmis then turned the gun on himself.

Neighbor James Landon told the Erie Times-News that he was getting ready for bed Saturday night when he heard three to five loud “pops” that he thought were fireworks but later suspected were gunshots.