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Falls Township Police said in a statement that the suspect — identified as 26-year-old Andre Gordon — fatally shot two people at a home on Viewpoint Lane before fleeing the scene in a stolen car. Shortly after, the suspect shot and killed another victim at a home on Edgewood Lane.
Two victims have been identified as Gordon’s sister Kera Gordon, 13, and his stepmom Karen Gordon, 52, according to a Bucks County District Attorney’s Officestatement. At the first home, three people, including a minor, hid during the incident and survived.
The third victim at the second home is Taylor Daniel, 25, who shares two kids with the suspect. The statement added that four other people were there, and that the suspect allegedly bludgeoned Daniel’s mom with an assault rifle.
Police identified the suspect as Andre Gordon, 26.Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
After the morning shootings, police said the suspect carjacked another vehicle — a 2016 dark gray Honda CRV — from an unknown person at a Dollar General in Morrisville, Pa., at roughly 9:13 a.m. Police located the car, unoccupied, at 11:38 a.m. in New Jersey.
“We received information [at 12:22 p.m.] that Gordon is currently barricaded, with hostages, inside a residence in Trenton, New Jersey,” police said in an update.
The Trenton City Police Department then dispatched its SWAT team to surround the residence in the 100 block of Phillips Street.
A shelter-in-place order that had been issued earlier in the day in Falls Township was lifted at 12:25 p.m. following the new developments
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“Andre Gordon is approximately 6’1” with a thin build, and was last observed wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt,” police described the suspect. “He is believed to be in possession of an assault rifle which he used to commit these crimes. It is believed that Gordon may be in possession of additional weapons. Gordon is extremely dangerous.”
source: people.com
