Apparent murder suicide in North Beaver Township
NORTH BEAVER TWP., Pa. – State police in Lawrence County are investigating an apparent murder- suicide.
Police say a passerby found two people who had been shot in the parking lot of Bessemer Lake at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
The body of 54-year-old Ronald Allen Hartman of East Poland Ave., North Beaver Township was found on the ground. He had died from an apparent gunshot wound.
50-year-old Shirley Ann Rivardo, who has the same address as Hartman's, was found inside a nearby pickup truck. Rivardo had also been shot.
She was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown where she was pronounced dead.
State police say a preliminary investigation indicates that Hartman shot Rivardo, then shot himself.
This would be the second murder suicide in the area within the past week.
Early Sunday morning, Salem, Ohio police say 36-year-old Charles Kropinak allegedly shot 37-year old Sylvia Maillis in the Walmart Parking lot, then turned the gun on himself.
