Bucks County shooting suspect in custody after police say he killed his stepmom, sister, and the mother of his kids
Andre Gordon, 26, is suspected of killing his stepmother, sister, and the mother of his two children.
Three people were shot and killed in Falls Township in Bucks County Saturday morning.
Police suspect 26-year-old Andre Gordon of shooting and killing his stepmother, Karen Gordon, sister, Kera Gordon, and Taylor Daniel, the mother of his two children.
Gordon was taken into custody Saturday evening in Trenton, police said. Police believed he had barricaded himself in a home with hostages, but later said he was able to escape before officer’s surrounded the home.
Officials in Falls Township lifted an hours-long shelter-in-place order Saturday afternoon.
Sesame Place remained closed Saturday, while the Oxford Valley Mall and Target in Middletown reopened. The Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Levittown was cancelled.
Bucks County shooting suspect in custody
Andre Gordon, suspected of shooting and killing his stepmother, sister, and the mother of his two children in Falls Township, was captured and taken into police custody in Trenton.
Gordon was caught around 5:15 p.m. walking on nearby New York Avenue, Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson told reporters.
"He was apprehended uninjured and without incident," Wilson said.
Woman says she was carjacked by Bucks County shooting suspect: 'I thought he was going to kill me'
Sonya Hanson said she was carjacked by Gordon on nearby Southern Street around 8:45 am this morning, and that police in Bucks County had told her they had discovered stolen 2013 Silver Nissan Ultima X in Falls Township and that it was now part of the murder investigation.
“They said they had to hold my car because it was a homicide and three people were murdered,” Hanson said.
Hanson, 67, said she was was picking her 9-year-old grandson up from her daughter’s house at 1065 Southern Street for a church event Saturday morning, when a man in a black skullcap and black mask banged on her window.
SWAT officers surround Trenton house where suspected shooter is barricaded
At Brunswick and Phillips Avenue in Trenton, a large crowd remained gathered around at the police tape, watching the standoff down the street.
Earlier, police had freed four hostages from the residences, using ladders to help two people out a second floor window. A short while later, police escorted two more people out the front door.
SWAT officers have the house surrounded, and occasionally cracks can be heard, from what is believed to be police firing tear gas into the home. Police are shouting through a megaphone for Gordon to call 911, and surrender.
Police say all hostages have been 'successfully evacuated'
Police in Trenton said they believe shooting suspect Andre Gordon remains barricaded in a house on Phillips Avenue, but no longer has hostages.
"The residents have been successfully evacuated with no injuries," said Detective Lieutenant Lisette Rios.
– Rob Tornoe
Neighbor says shooting happened in 'a very quiet neighborhood'
Charles Flanagan, a neighbor of the Gordon house on Viewpoint Lane, said Andre Gordon, a certified electrician, and his wife, Karen, were from Jamaica and lived there with their two school-age daughters, who were born in Levittown. They had lived there about two decades, he said.
Flanagan said Andre Gordon, the son, was born in Jamaica and was not Karen’s biological son. He recalled that Andre moved from Jamaica to the Gordon house about five or six years ago, but only stayed for about a month and left.
But he occasionally visited, Flanagan said.
Police identify victims in Bucks County shootings; suspect remains barricaded in Trenton
At an afternoon news conference, Bucks County authorities said an hours-long shelter-in-place order issued in the wake of a deadly shooting spree in Falls Township Saturday morning has been lifted.
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said the suspect, 26-year-old Andre Gordon, is believed to have killed his stepmother, 13-year-old sister, and the mother of his two of his children, and has barricaded himself in a New Jersey home.
“We believe he has ties to that residence,” Schorn said of the standoff on Phillips Avenue in Trenton.
Watch: Police updates on Buck County shootings
Neighbor near one shooting scene heard arguing and banging sounds early Saturday
A person who lives on the same usually quiet residential block as the house on Edgewood Lane where one of the shootings occurred and who asked not to be identified for security reasons said she heard loud banging sounds and arguing this morning. Later, she saw a light colored car speeding away.
She had seen the photo of the shooting suspect, which was released earlier today, and said she had never seen him at the house and really didn't know anything about the people who appeared to live there.
But this morning she said she saw an older woman who appeared to have lived in the house be taken away by ambulance. The woman was alive, she said.
— Susan Snyder
Shelter-in-place order lifted in Falls Township; suspect is barricaded in a house in Trenton
A shelter-in-place order has been lifted, Falls Township police confirmed.
The Honda CRV police said Gordon used as a getaway car was located unoccupied on Miller Street in Trenton, N.J.
"We received information that Gordon is currently barricaded, with hostages, inside a residence" in Trenton, according to Falls Township police.
— Susan Snyder
'I'm a victim of that incident'
A man who identified himself as Andre Gordon and was listed as living in the unit block of Viewpoint Lane in Levittown where the suspect, also named Andre Gordon is listed as living, said: "I'm a victim of that incident" when asked if he was involved in Saturday's shootings.
"They killed my wife and my kid."
He then hung up the phone.
— Susan Snyder
Map: Locations of Falls Township shootings, carjacking
Dollar General store closed amid shelter-in-place order reopens after suspect's vehicle is found in Trenton
Ahad Mulla, store manager at the Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, said he was not aware that the vehicle had been carjacked from the store’s lot until he saw the police cars and heard the sirens.
“We had no clue, even the customers,” he said. “Everyone was in the store shopping.”
He said he and a police officer reviewed camera roll from the store, but could not see the vehicle that had been stolen. They did see a man walking in that direction, but they did not know if he had anything to do with the carjacking, Mulla said.
Bucks County authorities identify suspect in Falls Township shootings
Bucks County authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday's shootings in Falls Township as Andre Gordon, 26, who was last seen driving a stolen dark gray 2016 Honda CRV.
Police responded to reports of a shooting on Viewpoint Lane shortly before 9 a.m. Gordon, authorities said, shot and killed two people at a residence on the street before driving to Edgewood Lane, where he allegedly shot and killed a third person.
Gordon then fled the scene, and carjacked a person at about 9:15 a.m. at a nearby Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, police said. The vehicle's operator was not injured.
Gov. Josh Shapiro briefed on Bucks County shootings: 'Please continue to shelter in place'
Gov. Josh Shapiro said he’s been briefed on the shootings in Falls Township and directed State Police to coordinate with local law enforcement to provide “whatever support is needed on the ground.”
Falls Township residents were first told to begin sheltering in place at 9:30 a.m., via an emergency alert sent to their phones.
“For those in the area, please continue to shelter in place and listen to law enforcement’s direction,” Shapiro added.
— Gillian McGoldrick
Bucks County St. Patrick's Day Parade canceled amid active shooter situation
The Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day Parade was canceled, following an unrelated active shooter situation in Falls Township.
The annual parade in Falls Township along New Falls Road was canceled Saturday morning, after the community was told to shelter-in-place. The parade had been set to begin at 10:30 a.m.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D., Bucks) said he had been on his way to the parade when he was alerted to the active shooter situation.
Three people killed in shootings in Bucks County shootings, police say
Three people were shot and killed in shootings at two homes in Falls Township Saturday morning, law enforcement sources with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told The Inquirer.
The victims, whom police have not yet publicly identified, were known to the shooter, said the sources, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The shootings appear to be domestic in nature.
The shootings occurred at Viewpoint Lane and Vine Lane, and on Edgewood Lane, the sources said.
Multiple people shot in Bucks County
Multiple people were shot in Falls Township in Bucks County Saturday morning, police said.
The Middletown Township Police Department said in a statement there are several gun shot victims. Details about the shootings remain unclear.
The Oxford Valley Mall and Sesame Place Philadelphia have been ordered to close until further notice. The Target in Middletown Township has also closed.