Christopher Dancy, a 46-year-old man from Ambridge, Pennsylvania, was killed on March 11, 2017, in a murder-suicide incident that took place in the Knoxville section of Pittsburgh. According to reports, Joseph Goldsmith, a 47-year-old man from Pittsburgh, went to his former girlfriend's home and shot both her and Christopher Dancy before turning the gun on himself.
Christopher and Joseph were pronounced dead at the scene, while the 37-year-old woman survived the attack and was taken to UPMC Mercy in critical condition. The woman's nine-year-old son, who was hiding in the basement at the time, was unharmed.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office ruled Christopher's death as a homicide. This tragic incident is noted as a domestic-related case, with the shooter targeting both his former partner and her current boyfriend, Christopher. The murder-suicide underscores a larger issue of domestic violence-related deaths that impacted Pittsburgh and Allegheny County during 2017, where domestic conflicts often led to fatal outcomes.
