Mt. Lebanon murder-suicide leaves father and 2 young children dead, police say
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A father and two children died in an apparent murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday, according to police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office identified the three people as 42-year-old Patrick Lynch, 8-year-old James Lynch and 6-year-old Caroline Lynch.A father and two children died in an apparent murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon on Nov. 3, 2026, according to police. (Photo Credit: KDKA) Mt. Lebanon Police Chief Jason Haberman said in a news conference on Tuesday that three people were found unconscious in the street near a parking garage behind the township's municipal building on Washington Road around 4:15 p.m. They were later declared dead at the scene.In an update on Tuesday night, the Allegheny County Police Department said preliminary information suggests it was a murder-suicide and all three had injuries from an apparent fall. The medical examiner on Wednesday said that James Lynch and Caroline Lynch died of mul