Allegheny County police said preliminary information suggests the deaths of Patrick Lynch and his two children were a murder-suicide.

A source account that a man threw two children and jumped is not the medical examiner's finding, and it is not the same sentence as an apparent fall. The homicide rulings CBS Pittsburgh and TribLive reported Wednesday are the children's deaths. None of those pages printed a manner of death for Patrick Lynch. Perpetrator, on the KDKA Radio update, is not the identification sentence the other outlets printed.

CBS Pittsburgh, by Michael Guise and Madeline Bartos, updated at 2:21 p.m. EST on Nov. 4, 2026, reported a father and two children died in an apparent murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday. It reported the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office identified the three people, including 42-year-old Patrick Lynch. The two children are not named here. It reported Mt. Lebanon Police Chief Jason Haberman said at a news conference 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. and were later declared dead at the scene. It reported that in an update Tuesday night the Allegheny County Police Department said preliminary information suggests it was a murder-suicide and that all three had injuries from an apparent fall. It reported the medical examiner said Wednesday that the two children died of multiple blunt force injuries and that their manner of death was homicide. It reported Haberman said investigators are "treating this incident not as an accident," and that he declined to share more specifics about what happened or what led up to the deaths. A homicide ruling on the two children is the examiner's finding in that account. It is not a manner of death for Patrick Lynch. CBS Pittsburgh did not print one.

TribLive, by James Engel, in the Tuesday story, with no clock on the byline, reported a father and his two children died after falling from a parking garage in Mt. Lebanon in a suspected murder-suicide, and that Allegheny County Police said that. Falling, in that sentence, and injuries from an apparent fall, on CBS Pittsburgh, are not the same words. Suspected, and preliminary information suggests, are not the same verb. It reported the medical examiner's office identified the deceased, including Patrick Lynch, 42, and that all three were residents of Mt. Lebanon. It reported Haberman said police arrived around 4:15 p.m. for reports of three people found unconscious in the roadway on Municipal Way near Florida Avenue, behind the Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building and to the side of a neighboring parking garage. Washington Road, on CBS Pittsburgh, and Municipal Way near Florida Avenue, on that TribLive story, are not the same location line. It reported he said first responders worked hard to save the three, but all were dead at the scene, and that there is no threat to the public. It reported authorities reopened the garage at 7:20 p.m. WTAE, updated at 2:50 p.m. EST on Nov. 4, 2026, reported police believe the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. Believe, preliminary information suggests, and suspected are three verbs. It reported crews responded to the 700 block of Washington Road around 4:15 p.m., that first responders were providing CPR when police arrived, and that all three were pronounced dead by a medical examiner after an "apparent fall." Pronounced dead by a medical examiner, and declared dead at the scene, and dead at the scene, are not the same sentence. WPXI, by the WPXI.com News Staff, published Nov. 3, 2026, at 5:17 p.m. EST, reported Allegheny County dispatchers said officers, firefighters, and medics were called to the 700 block of Washington Road at around 4:22 p.m. Around 4:22 p.m., and around 4:15 p.m., are not the same time. It reported Haberman said the report was for three people found unconscious in a roadway adjacent to the parking garage, and that Allegheny County Police later clarified the location was Municipal Way. Adjacent to the parking garage, on Municipal Way near Florida Avenue, and in the street near a parking garage on Washington Road are three place lines. It reported crews began CPR and that the three were pronounced dead at the scene, that Haberman said, "At this time we are treating this incident not as an accident," and that police said they suffered injuries from an apparent fall. The WPXI headline said Channel 11 sources say it was a murder-suicide. Channel 11 sources, at 5:17 p.m., and the county police update CBS Pittsburgh placed on Tuesday night, are not the same attribution.

KDKA Radio, by Andrew Limberg, timed Nov. 3, 2026, 5:31 p.m. ET, reported that multiple sources said that around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday a man threw his two young children off the top floor of a parking garage near the municipal building and then jumped. Threw, and jumped, in that source account, and an apparent fall, in the police accounts, are not the same description. The same page also said, according to reports, that a 38-year-old man threw two children, and it printed ages for the children. Thirty-eight, and 42, are not the same age. The children's ages on that line are not repeated here. A later update on the same page said the medical examiner's office identified Patrick Lynch, 42, as the perpetrator. Perpetrator, on that update, and identified the deceased, on TribLive, and identified the three people, on CBS Pittsburgh, are not the same sentence. TribLive, by Justin Vellucci, in the Wednesday story, with no clock on the byline, reported the three fell from a five-story municipal parking garage. Five-story, the top floor, and off the roof, which is the other phrase on the KDKA Radio page, are not the same height. It reported the medical examiner's office said Wednesday afternoon that the children's cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries and that both deaths were ruled homicides. It reported one was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:35 p.m. and the other a minute later. It did not print a cause or a manner for Patrick Lynch. It reported Mt. Lebanon police forwarded questions to Allegheny County Police, which it said is leading the investigation, and that the homicide unit did not return phone calls Wednesday. CBS Pittsburgh reported a family friend told KDKA that the children's mother posted that her husband had been laid off in August and later became depressed, and that he had agreed to see a therapist, with an appointment scheduled for Wednesday. That is a family friend's account of a post. It is not a police finding. The mother is not named here. WPXI, WTAE, CBS Pittsburgh, and TribLive reported Markham and Washington elementary schools were closed Wednesday. WPXI reported Superintendent Dr. Melissa Friez said other schools would remain open and that an absence at another district school would be excused. WTAE printed the name as Superintendent Melissa Friez. Dr. Melissa Friez, and Melissa Friez, are not the same fullness of the name. WPXI and WTAE reported the district pointed families to Resolve Crisis Services at 1-888-796-8226. TribLive reported municipal spokeswoman Laura Pace Lilley said Medical Rescue Team South Authority, the Mt. Lebanon police department, and the Mt. Lebanon fire department did everything they could, and that she declined further comment. WPXI quoted an Allegheny County Police Department spokesperson: "Law Enforcement encourages anyone suffering from mental health issues to seek assistance from a mental health professional." WPXI, WTAE, and CBS Pittsburgh printed the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.