A second man remains hospitalized after both were found shot at a Wallace Street apartment on Saturday night.

Erie police said a man who formerly lived in the second-floor unit of a Wallace Street apartment house walked into the apartment on Saturday evening and shot one of the three occupants in the face.

The man then turned the gun on himself and fired it, according to investigators.

The accused shooter, a 52-year-old man whose name had not been released by authorities as of Sunday, was later pronounced dead at UPMC Hamot. His death was ruled a suicide, Erie County Deputy Coroner John Maloney said Sunday.

The 41-year-old man he is accused of shooting inside the apartment remained hospitalized on Sunday. His name was also not released.

Erie police detectives investigating the shooting traveled to the hospital on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to interview the victim.

The shooting was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Wallace Street. Both victims were found in the second-floor apartment.

There were three people in the apartment when the accused shooter, who recently lived in the apartment with others, knocked on the door and was told to come in, Erie police Lt. Jon Peters said Sunday. The man walked into the apartment and did not say anything as he shot the 41-year-old victim in the face. The man then shot himself, Peters said.

Erie police reported on Saturday night that both men were shot in the head or face.

The two other people who were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting provided detectives with information that helped piece together the series of events on Saturday night, Peters said.

Officers who responded to the 900 block of Wallace Street on Saturday night cordoned off the front of the apartment house as investigators collected evidence, questioned residents of the house and spoke to neighbors. Crowds of people gathered near the building while police were on the scene.

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