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Christopher Dancy, 46, of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, was killed on March 11, 2017, in a murder-suicide in the Knoxville section of Pittsburgh. Joseph Goldsmith, 47, of Pittsburgh, went to his former girlfriend’s home and shot both her and Dancy before turning the gun on himself. Christopher Dancy and Joseph Goldsmith were pronounced dead at the scene. The 37-year-old woman survived and was taken to UPMC Mercy in critical condition; her nine-year-old son, who was hiding in the basement, was unharmed.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Dancy’s death a homicide and classified the incident as domestic-related, with the shooter targeting his former partner and her current boyfriend. The case was one of several domestic violence-related fatalities in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County during 2017.

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