March 16 (UPI) — Police said they’ve apprehended a man in New Jersey who was wanted in connection with a triple homicide in a Philadelphia suburb Saturday.
Andre Gordon, 26, is suspected of killing three people Saturday morning in Falls Township of Bucks County, police told the Philadelphia Inquirer. All three victims reportedly were relatives of the shooter.
Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place order around 9:30 a.m. and called off its St. Patrick’s Day parade for that morning.
“For those in the area, please continue to shelter in place and listen to law enforcement’s direction,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a post on X.
Police that afternoon said they tracked Gordon to a home in Trenton, N.J.
SWAT teams surrounded the home, suspecting Gordon barricaded himself with an unknown number of hostages.
Gordon, however, left before the standoff started. Police found him a couple blocks away from the house and took him into custody.
According to police, Gordon at around 8:52 a.m. shot and killed his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon and his 13-year-old sister Kera Gordan who lived on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown, Pa.
Shortly afterwards, he moved on to another home in the same city and killed the mother of his children, 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, police said.
Police said Gordon then stole someone’s car at gunpoint in front of a Dollar General Store in Morrisville, Pa. The driver of the vehicle was not hurt.
Middletown Township police on Facebook warned residents not to travel to nearby Falls Township, and anyone who lives in areas that border Falls Township should shelter in place.
Bucks County lifted the shelter in place order at around 12:30 p.m.
This is a developing story. Check back for further updates
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