Suspect wanted in fatal shootings of 3 people in Pennsylvania surrenders in New Jersey, police say

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — A 26-year-old suspect wished within the taking pictures deaths of three of his kinfolk surrendered to authorities in Trenton, New Jersey, officers stated Saturday night. The shootings occurred Saturday morning at two separate properties in close by Levittown, Pennsylvania.

Trenton police stated Andre Gordon was taken into custody a pair blocks from the house the place the standoff had been going down. 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 Information in an e-mail. 

SWAT groups had surrounded a house 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 inside the house had been safely evacuated. 

In keeping with Falls Township Police, the scenario unfolded Saturday morning, when a suspect allegedly pressured himself into a house 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 house 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 kids. 

Legislation enforcement tracked the suspect to Phillips Avenue house 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 companies, and the cancellation of the Falls Township St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Man suspected in deadly taking pictures of stepmother, accomplice and sister

The violence started earlier than 9 a.m. at a house on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown. Falls Township Police and Bucks County District Legal professional Jennifer Schorn stated Gordon —  armed with an AR-style rifle and presumably different weapons — pulled as much as the house 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 individuals have been in that house through the taking pictures. They have been in a position to disguise 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 house on Edgewood Lane in Levittown the place he once more broke in, Schorn stated. There, he shot and killed the mom of his two kids, she added.

These two kids, the sufferer’s mom, and one other relative have been contained in the Edgewood Lane house. Gordon additionally bludgeoned one among them with the rifle, Schorn stated. That particular person is predicted to outlive their accidents. Nobody else in that house was bodily damage.

Gordon fled the scene after that taking pictures, Schorn stated.  

About 10 minutes later, police consider Gordon dedicated a second carjacking at a Greenback Basic on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, getting away with a Honda CRV.

That Honda was later discovered near the Trenton house the place the hostage scenario was underway.

Police have been seen main individuals out of a second-floor window on that block – it was not clear if these individuals have been hostages or neighbors.

Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney stated Gordon was armed with an “AR-15-style” rifle within the shootings and will produce other weapons.

Authorities are nonetheless investigating how Gordon acquired the rifle. Extra data 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 acquired emergency notifications to shelter-in-place. The push notifications instructed residents to remain inside their properties, away from home windows.

As police started looking for Gordon, the Falls Township St. Patrick’s Day Parade was getting underway. Whitney stated Falls Township law enforcement officials went up and down the parade route and started warning the gang to depart the world and head house.

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 bought all my youngsters collectively and we bought 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 Greenback Basic was later noticed in Trenton, close to the house the place the standoff was going down.

Sesame Place, Langhorne and Middletown Township companies 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 Goal retailer and a number of other different companies 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 brief period of time. It is loopy,” resident Luis Mingo stated.

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero knowledgeable constituents on Fb in regards to the cancellation of the parade.

The Pennsbury College District stated all actions within the district are postponed. College students who have been collaborating in actions have been taken contained in the constructing.

The Makefield Elementary College play was set to proceed as scheduled except in any other case famous, Superintendent Thomas Smith wrote in a be aware on the district web site.

Gov. Josh Shapiro stated he ordered Pennsylvania State Police to help native legislation enforcement of their investigation and reiterated calls to shelter in place.

Langhorne police said they didn’t consider the shooter had entered the borough. “DO NOT journey to Falls Township till additional discover,” the division stated.

It is a growing story and will probably be up to date.