Central Pa. man kills himself in front of police before being sentenced for stabbing

A Lancaster man died by suicide in a local park on Friday, hours before he was scheduled to be sentenced for stabbing two people.

Scotty Gebhard, 38, called 911 early that morning, told dispatchers he was in Lancaster County Central Park and was thinking of harming himself, police said.

Lancaster officers arrived around 5:30 a.m. and tried to de-escalate the situation, but within seconds, Gebhard shot himself, police said…

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