Suspect in custody after deadly Pennsylvania shootings, police say | CNN (2024)

Police respond after a shooting in Levittown, Pennsylvania, in Falls Township, on Saturday.

A man suspected of killing three family members in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning has finally been taken into custody after fleeing to Trenton, New Jersey, according to local authorities.

Officials initially said the suspect was holed up inside a Trenton home with hostages after the shootings. They evacuated the house’s residents through an upstairs window, believing him to still be inside. After hours surrounding the house and calling out to the suspect, however, officers say they spotted him walking down a street nearby and took him into custody.

The city’s police director said the suspect had managed to leave the house at some point before they had established a perimeter, and that he was arrested without further incident.

Here’s what we know about the events that left crime scenes in two states today:

Trenton, New Jersey, Mayor Reed Gusciora provided more details after a suspect who police say shot and killed three people in a nearby Pennsylvania township was taken into custody.

Authorities initially believed suspect Andre Gordon was barricaded inside a Trenton home, but police located him walking along a street in the city.

“The people who were insidethe house, they went upstairs.They still felt that he wasstill in the house. So whenthey got out of the house onthe upstairs window, they toldpolice that he was stilldownstairs. We couldn’t takeany chances, and it was still agreat resolution by the area law enforcement,” he said in an interview with CNN’s Polo Sandoval at the scene.

“He fit the description andthey approached him; he had noweapon on him, and hecooperated and gave hisidentity to police themselves,” he continued.

Officers executed a search warrant at the home and are looking for a weapon or any other information, Gusciora said.

The mayor said neighbors are relieved, and the city is working with residents who lived in surrounding duplexes to make sure they have a place to stay after police used tear gas in the area.

Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson speaks at a press conference on Saturday.

Authorities in Trenton, New Jersey,who were looking to apprehend Pennsylvania shootings suspect Andre Gordon initially believed he was barricaded inside a home, prompting a perimeter of the area to be set up, according toTrenton Police Director Steve Wilson.

“However, apparently, before the perimeter was completed, the suspect was able to get out of the location unseen. However, our information was that he was still in there,” Wilson said.

Gordon was taken into custody without incident, Wilson said.

Andre Gordon, the man accused of killing three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning is in custody, according to police.

“He’s in custody. No one else was injured,” Trenton, New Jersey, Police Director Steve Wilson said.

Police surround a home in Trenton, New Jersey, where the man suspected of killing three people is believed to be on Saturday.

Law enforcement officials say the man suspected of killing three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, is now believed to be the only person inside a home they’ve surrounded in Trenton, New Jersey.

“The only person believed to be in the residence is the suspect,” Trenton Police Detective Lt. Lisette Rios told CNN.

Rios earlier said the people inside the residence where suspect Andre Gordon had barricaded himself are now safe.

Authorities are now at the home and asking the suspect via a megaphone to come out of the building with his hands up.

Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn said one of the people shot and killed in the Pennsylvania murders is the mother of suspect Andre Gordon’s two children.

After Gordon allegedly shot and killed his stepmother and sister, Schorn said he broke into a house in Levittown at about 9 a.m. ET and killed 25-year-old Taylor Daniel.

Four other people were inside the home, and Schorn said Gordon allegedly bludgeoned and injured a woman with an “assault rife.” She has been transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital for her injuries.

At 9:13 a.m. ET, Gordon carjacked a 44-year-old man at gunpoint in the Dollar General parking lot in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, Schorn said. The driver of the vehicle did not suffer any injuries.

This post has been updated with additional information about the victims from law enforcement.

Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said suspect Andre Gordon shot and killed his stepmother and sister in Levittown, Pennsylvania, in Falls Township on Saturday morning.

“Earlier in the morning, Andre Gordon broke into a residence on New Point Lane in Levittown … where he shot and killed his 52-year-old stepmother and 13-year-old sister, who lived at the residence,” Schorn said during a news conference.

The district attorney’s office identified the stepmother as Karen Gordon, and the 13-year-old as Kera Gordon.

Schorn said there were three other people at the home at the time of the shooting, who hid as Gordon walked around the house looking for them.

The district attorney said the three people, one of whom was a minor, were able to avoid being shot while hiding.

This post has been updated with additional information about the victims from law enforcement.

A police officer patrols a neighborhood during an active shooter situation in Levittown, a community within Falls Township, Pennsylvania, where a a shelter-in-place order was issued on March 16.

The man suspected of killing at least three people in two shootings in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning was armed with an “AR-15 style assault rifle,” according to Police Chief Nelson Whitney.

When asked by reporters whether the weapon was legally owned, authorities said they would “investigate every aspect of how he came into possession of these weapons,” but did not provide further information.

Police said earlier Thursday that the shootings suspect, Andre Gordon, had an “assault rifle” and may possess other weapons.

Police remove people from a home in Trenton New Jersey, on March 16,after reports of a gunman, who is suspected of a shooting spree in Pennsylvania, was barricaded in the house.

New Jersey law enforcement officials say the people inside a residence in Trenton where the Pennsylvania murder suspect Andre Gordon had barricaded himself are safe.

Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn detailed what is known so far about the shootings in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, during a news conference.

She confirmed the suspect in the fatal shootings, Andre Gordon, is currently barricaded inside a residence on the 100 block of Phillips Street in Trenton, New Jersey.

Gordon is believed to have “family ties” to that home, Schorn said.

“Weare referring all informationregarding that aspect of theinvestigation to the TrentonPolice Department,” she said.

Photo of the vehicle carjacked by a man suspected of killing three people in Falls Township on March 16.

Pennsylvania police say they have found the vehicle that was carjacked by a man suspected of killing three people in Falls Township.

Falls Township Police said the Honda CRV that 26-year-old suspect Andre Gordon allegedly carjacked in the parking lot of a Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville was found in Trenton, New Jersey, at 11:38 a.m. ET.

Falls Township Police Lt. Christopher Clark said the vehicle was found unoccupied on the 100 block of Miller Street.

Clark said that around 12:30 p.m. ET, authorities were notified that Gordon was barricaded inside a residence with hostages in Trenton.

Falls Township Police said that 26 year-old Andre Gordon, driving a stolen vehicle, shot and killed two individuals on March 16.

Andre Gordon, the suspect in the fatal shootings in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, has barricaded himself with hostages in Trenton, New Jersey, according to Jeff Dence, chairman of Falls Township Board of Supervisors.

Dence said that Falls Township will lift its shelter-in-place order.

Falls Township is across the Delaware River from Trenton.

Police investigates after a fatal shooting in Falls Township on March 16.

Pennsylvania law enforcement officials have named 26-year-old Andre Gordon as a suspect in connection to fatal shootings that occurred in Falls Township on Saturday.

Falls Township Police say officers were called just before 9 a.m. ET to investigate a reported shooting on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown.

Authorities say Gordon, who was driving a stolen vehicle, fatally shot two people who lived at the residence. Following the shooting, Gordon then went to Edgewood Lane, where he fatally shot another individual, according to officials.

Officials say Gordon knew all the shooting victims.

Carjacking: After the shootings, police say Gordon then carjacked a driver at gunpoint in the parking lot of a Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville. Police say the driver was not injured.

Police said the vehicle is described as a 2016 dark gray Honda CRV with Pennsylvania tag KFR 1534. Police added that a “namaste” sticker in white lettering is on the right side of the rear bumper.

According to authorities, they believe Gordon is homeless and has ties to the Trenton, New Jersey, area.

Falls Township and Middletown Township Police have confirmed that Gordon is the suspect.

Police say Gordon was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt. Officials added that Gordon may have an assault rifle, which they say he used to commit the shootings.It is believed that Gordon may have additional weapons, police said.

Police say Gordon is considered extremely dangerous, and anyone who sees him should be asked to contact the authorities.

Police officers from the Falls Township Police Department tape off and inspect the scene after a suspect shot and killed three people in Levittown, Pennsylvania, on March 16.

Officials in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, say three people are dead after a pair of shootings stemming from a “domestic” incident Saturday morning.

“We are investigating a spree killing that took place in the Township this morning,” Falls Township Chairman of Board of Supervisors Jeff Dence told CNN. “It is domestic related. Three people were killed at two different residences.”

Falls Township is across the Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey, and about 30 miles north of Philadelphia.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, who represents Bucks County, said in anX postthat there was a carjacking and two shootings in Falls Township.

“I’m in touch with law enforcement officials as they pursue the suspect,” Fitzpatrick said.

Pennsylvania State Police said it is assisting with the investigation.

Gov. Josh Shapiro saidin an X postthat he had been “briefed on the developing incident” and urged people in the area to “shelter in place and listen to law enforcement’s direction.”