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.A makeshift memorial is now growing at the scene, with people coming to say goodbye to James Lynch and Caroline Lynch. In an update on Tuesday night, the Allegheny County Police Department said preliminary information suggests it was a murder-suicide and all three had