Father and two children die in Pennsylvania parking garage fall

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 20:39 · Archive

A father and his two young children died after falling from a parking garage in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

Patrick Lynch, 42, his son James, 8, and daughter Caroline, 6, were found at the foot of a parking garage in Mount Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on Tuesday afternoon. First responders gave all three CPR at the scene but pronounced them dead shortly after. James was declared dead at 4:35 p.m., and Caroline one minute later.

Police initially described the incident as an 'apparent fall'. The Allegheny County Police Department said later that preliminary information suggested it was a murder-suicide. The New York Post reported that the children died from multiple blunt force injuries, as confirmed by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Mt. Lebanon Police Chief Jason Haberman said the incident was being investigated 'not as an accident'.

It was not clear what led to the deaths. Two schools in the area announced they would be closed on Wednesday as a result of the incident.

How it is being reported

• Dad threw ‘perfect’ children off parking lot roof in ‘unimaginable’ murder suicidePatrick Lynch, and his 8-year-old James Lynch and 6-year-old Caroline Lynch A father tossed his two children off a multi-storey parking garage before killing himself in a horrific murder- suicide police described as ‘no accident’. Patrick Lynch, 42, his son James, 8, and daughter Caroline, 6, were…Metro · 4 Nov, 21:44
• Harrowing details confirmed by coroner after dad threw his two kids from parking garageFirst responders pronounced 8-year-old James Lynch dead at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, roughly 20 minutes after his body was found alongside his 6-year-old sister.New York Post · 4 Nov, 20:28
• Father, his son, eight and six-year-old daughter plunge to their deaths from Pennsylvania parking garage in suspected murder-suicidePatrick Lynch, 42, died alongside his son James, 8, and daughter Caroline, 6, in what police have described as an 'apparent fall'.Daily Mail · 4 Nov, 14:20

In this story: Patrick Lynch · James Lynch · Caroline Lynch · Mount Lebanon · Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Allegheny County Police Department

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