Incident
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1-23-2025 Pennsylvania Ruffsdale 3-1
Location
January 23, 2025
140 Keck LnRuffsdale, Pennsylvania
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Evelyn Swarner
- Age: 5
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Female
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Connor Swarner
- Age: 1
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Name: Karen Swarner
- Age: 32
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Female
- Status: Killed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Family
- Name: Paul Swarner
- Age: 35
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Suicide^
- Murder/Suicide
- Child Involved Incident
- Child killed (not child shooter)
- Domestic Violence
- Family annihilation
Notes
.22 Ruger handgun recovered; Family hadn't been heard from since Thursday afternoon; Bodies found at 11:30PM - exact shooting time unclear;
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 22 LR
Sources
District
Congressional District: 12State Senate District: 39
State House District: 57