TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — A 26-year-old suspect needed within the capturing deaths of three of his kin surrendered to authorities in Trenton, New Jersey, officers stated Saturday night. The shootings occurred Saturday morning at two separate houses in close by Levittown, Pennsylvania.
Trenton police stated Andre Gordon was taken into custody a pair blocks from the home the place the standoff had been taking place. Police stated he had left the home previous to the standoff, and officers noticed him.
“The suspect has been positioned at one other location in Trenton, and he surrendered peacefully,” a Trenton police spokesperson instructed CBS News in an electronic mail.
SWAT groups had surrounded a home on Phillips Avenue in Trenton the place they believed Gordon could also be inside with hostages. Trenton police later stated all residents who have been contained in the home had been safely evacuated.
Trenton police say all residents who have been contained in the hooked up home the place Andre Gordon is barricaded have been safely evacuated. The SWAT group remains to be urging the Falls Township homicide suspect to return out of the home on Phillips Ave. and give up. pic.twitter.com/sPqhQru8p1
— Madeleine Wright (@MWrightStories) March 16, 2024
According to Falls Township Police, the scenario unfolded Saturday morning, when a suspect allegedly pressured himself right into a home on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown. Karen Gordon, 52, and Kera Gordon, 13, have been fatally shot. Karen Gordon is Andre Gordon’s stepmother, officers stated, whereas Kera Gordan is his sister.
The suspect then allegedly moved on to a second home on Edgewood Lane in Levittown, the place officers say he shot and killed the 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, who’s the mom of Andre Gordon’s youngsters.
Law enforcement tracked the suspect to Phillips Avenue home in Trenton after a number of shootings and carjackings in Trenton and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning.
The manhunt put a number of Bucks County communities on excessive alert, resulting in a shelter-in-place, the closures of a number of native businesses, and the cancellation of the Falls Township St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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Man suspected in deadly capturing of stepmother, associate and sister
The violence started earlier than 9 a.m. at a home on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown. Falls Township Police and Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn stated Gordon — armed with an AR-style rifle and presumably different weapons — pulled as much as the home in a car that he carjacked from Trenton. He then broke contained in the residence and shot and killed his 52-year-old stepmother and a 13-year-old sister, Schorn stated.
“Three different folks have been in that home in the course of the capturing. They have been capable of cover from Gordon and keep away from being shot as he looked for them in the home, Schorn stated.
About 10 minutes later, Gordon drove to a different home on Edgewood Lane in Levittown the place he once more broke in, Schorn stated. There, he shot and killed the mom of his two youngsters, she added.
Those two youngsters, the sufferer’s mom, and one other relative have been contained in the Edgewood Lane home. Gordon additionally bludgeoned considered one of them with the rifle, Schorn stated. That person is anticipated to outlive their accidents. No one else in that home was bodily harm.
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Gordon fled the scene after that capturing, Schorn stated.
About 10 minutes later, police imagine Gordon dedicated a second carjacking at a Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, getting away with a Honda CRV.
That Honda was later discovered near the Trenton home the place the hostage scenario was underway.
Police have been seen main folks out of a second-floor window on that block – it was not clear if these folks have been hostages or neighbors.
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Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney stated Gordon was armed with an “AR-15-style” rifle within the shootings and should produce other weapons.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating how Gordon acquired the rifle. More info on the primary carjacking that occurred in Trenton has not but been launched.
Middletown Township police stated Gordon is homeless however has ties to Trenton and Bucks County.
Shootings, investigation led to shelter-in-place in Falls Township, Pa.
After the shootings on Saturday morning, Falls Township residents obtained emergency notifications to shelter-in-place. The push notifications instructed residents to remain inside their houses, away from home windows.
As police started trying to find Gordon, the Falls Township St. Patrick’s Day Parade was getting underway. Whitney stated Falls Township cops went up and down the parade route and started warning the gang to depart the realm and head home.
The shelter-in-place lasted about three hours earlier than it was lifted – by that point the investigation had moved throughout the Delaware River to Trenton.
“I obtained all my youngsters collectively and we obtained into the middle of the home and locked all our home windows and doorways,” resident David Armitage Jr. stated.
The Honda taken from the Morrisville Dollar General was later noticed in Trenton, close to the home the place the standoff was taking place.
Sesame Place, Langhorne and Middletown Township businesses shut after shelter-in-place issued
Middletown Township police stated they directed the Sesame Place amusement park and the Oxford Valley Mall to shut Saturday morning. A Target retailer and a number of other different businesses in Middletown additionally elected to shut, the division stated.
Sesame Place opted to stay closed for the remainder of the day after the shelter-in-place was lifted, the division stated.
“For one thing like this to occur right here and in a pair different sections on this quick period of time. It’s loopy,” resident Luis Mingo stated.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero knowledgeable constituents on Facebook concerning the cancellation of the parade.
The Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day parade scheduled for this morning has been cancelled because of police exercise. Falls Township has issued a shelter in place. Please be secure.
Posted by Sen. Steve Santarsiero on Saturday, March 16, 2024
The Pennsbury School District stated all actions within the district are postponed. Students who have been taking part in actions have been taken contained in the building.
The Makefield Elementary School play was set to proceed as scheduled until in any other case famous, Superintendent Thomas Smith wrote in a word on the district web site.
Gov. Josh Shapiro stated he ordered Pennsylvania State Police to assist native legislation enforcement of their investigation and reiterated calls to shelter in place.
I’ve been briefed on the creating incident in Falls Township, Bucks County and directed @PAStatePolice to coordinate with our legislation enforcement companions and supply no matter assist is required on the bottom.
For these within the space, please proceed to shelter in place and take heed to… https://t.co/RnmJJFfS9d
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) March 16, 2024
Langhorne police said they didn’t imagine the shooter had entered the borough. “DO NOT journey to Falls Township till additional discover,” the division stated.
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