***UPDATE***

At approximately 4:20 a.m. on Monday December 6, 2021, Ephrata Police were dispatched to 202 Mortar Lane in Ephrata Borough for a weapons call.  According to the dispatch, a man was brandishing a rifle in the home.  Active shots were reported as officers responded.

Police arrived to find a 19-year-old female resident deceased from gunfire.  They also found a 61-year-old male of the same address, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

The preliminary investigation, which included witness interviews and crime scene analysis, suggests that this incident was a murder/suicide.  Three other residents of the home were unharmed.

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On December 6, 2021 at 4:20 a.m., the Ephrata Police Department was dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Mortar Lane, Ephrata Borough, for a shooting. The preliminary investigation indicates that the public is not in danger. Investigators from the Ephrata Police Department and the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office are on scene.