3 dead, including the suspect, after shooting in Pennsylvania apartment

At least three people were killed and three others sustained injuries on Friday when an assailant opened gunfire in a Pennsylvania flat, followed by a police pursuit across two counties that concluded in a shootout with state troopers, according to police reports.

State troopers fatally shot Ricky Shannon, aged 22, after he discharged his weapon at them from his pickup truck, according to Lt Col George Bivens of Pennsylvania State Police.

Subsequently, troopers found a deceased 19-year-old woman who had been shot, he said.

Prior to this incident, Shannon had visited the woman's residence in Lancaster County where he shot four of her family members, resulting in one fatality, as reported by police.