Angelina Stone, 24, had been counting down the days until she could hold her baby boy.
The young Pennsylvania mom was set to deliver her son, whom she planned to name Kyrie, this past Monday — a joy she celebrated publicly just two weeks before her own father ended her life. Matthew Stone Sr., 45, opened fire on his pregnant daughter, his wife Michelle Stone, 44, and two of their sons, Matthew Stone Jr., 21, and Jonathan Stone, 19, inside their Erie County home last Friday, Erie County coroner Lyell Cook said Monday. The gunman then turned the weapon on himself.
Angelina’s excitement about her third child was unmistakable in a Facebook post dated Sept. 25. She shared ultrasound images of the baby she affectionately called her “chunky boy.”
“A Blessing in My Eyes Momma Can’t Wait To Hold Yooouu,” she wrote.
The post now stands as her final public words. The baby she never got to meet died with her.
The massacre’s toll extended far beyond the immediate family. Stone Sr. Also killed Angelina’s two young children from a previous relationship — her five-year-old son and one-year-old daughter — according to the coroner’s account. Two other women who happened to be present and tried to intervene, Lora Roberts, 37, and Twila Tanner, 51, were gunned down as well.
Police have offered no explanation for what drove the 45-year-old to annihilate his own family and two bystanders. Investigators have floated mental health as a possible contributing factor, though no definitive motive has been established.
The violence erupted Friday inside the family’s Pennsylvania residence, leaving eight dead including the perpetrator. The Erie County coroner’s office worked through the weekend before confirming Matthew Stone Sr. As the shooter Monday.
Angelina’s surviving social media presence offers the sharpest contrast to the horror that followed. Where her final post spoke of anticipation and maternal love, the circumstances of her death have drawn national attention to a family destroyed from within.
The two women who perished trying to stop the bloodshed — Roberts and Tanner — have been identified by authorities but their precise relationship to the family remains unreported. Whether they were neighbors, friends, or strangers who happened to be visiting at the fatal moment has not been clarified.
The scale of the loss has left the Erie community reeling. Seven victims, spanning three generations of one family plus two unrelated women, fell in a single afternoon of violence that police are still working to understand.
Angelina’s unborn son Kyrie represented a new chapter she would never begin. Her two existing young children, who had already made her a mother, were also taken in the same rampage that claimed her life.
Law enforcement officials have not indicated whether warning signs preceded the attack or if the gunman had any prior history of domestic disturbances or mental health interventions. The investigation remains active as authorities continue processing the crime scene and interviewing anyone who had recent contact with the family.
The Erie County District Attorney’s office is expected to release additional findings as the probe continues.