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Mass Shooting (Update): Victim ID'd After Gunfire Erupts At PA Community Center

The man killed in a mass shooting at a Pennsylvania Community Center on Sunday morning has been identified. 

Jamar Montae Porterfield-Herriot Jr. and the Chevy Chase Community in White Township where he was shot dead.

Jamar Montae Porterfield-Herriot Jr. and the Chevy Chase Community in White Township where he was shot dead.

 Photo Credit: Google Maps (Satellite); Courtesy of GoFundMe "Jamar Montae Porterfield-Herriot"/Nicole Miller (overlay)
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Jamar Montae Porterfield-Herriot Jr., 22, of Homestead, Pittsburgh died at the scene from his injuries, according to the Indian County Coroner's office. 

Shots rang out at the Chevy Chase Community Center in White Township, Indiana County around 12:35 a.m. on Oct. 8, Pennsylvania State Police confirm. 

The shooting happened at a party for some Indiana University of Pennsylvania students being held center, according to the police.

Eleven hours after the shooting PSP shared an updated release with the press about the deadly shooting, identifying the injured gunshot victims as follows:

  • An 18-year-old boy from Chicago, IL is in critical condition.
  • An 18-year-old boy from Florida was shot, status unknown. 
  • A 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania was shot, status unknown.
  • A 19-year-old man from Pennsylvania was shot, status unknown.
  • A 22-year-old man from Pennsylvania was shot, status unknown.
  • A 19-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was shot, status unknown.
  • A 23-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was shot, status unknown.
  • A second 19-year-old woman from Pennsylvania was shot; her status is unknown.

The eight surviving gunshot victims were taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, UPMC Mercy Hospital, and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.

"Some of the victims were treated and have since been released," troopers said. 

Jamar was "loving, silly, and so full of life," his aunt Nicole Miller wrote in a GoFundMe campaign she launched to help his family cover the cost of his burial. She noted that he had no life insurance. 

No suspects have been named and no one is in custody as of noon on Sunday. 

A cash reward of an unnamed amount may be available for information leading to the arrest of the shooting, the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers said in a separate release at noon. 

Anyone with information on this deadly shooting is asked to immediately contact Troop A, Indiana at 724-357-1960 or the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online at https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107.

Click here to donate to the GoFundMe campaign. 

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