Homeless shooting suspect who killed 3 family members — including 13-year-old sister — in Pa. taken into custody after SWAT standoff in NJ: report
A homeless man who shot and killed three relatives — including his 13-year-old sister — and carjacked a bystander in Pennsylvania Saturday morning was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home in a nearby New Jersey town, officials said.
Andre Gordon, 26, allegedly drove a stolen vehicle from Trenton to Falls Township in Bucks County, Pa., where he broke into a home sometime after 8 a.m., Jen Schorn with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.
Gordon then reportedly shot and killed his stepmother, 52-year-old Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, Schorn said.
Three other relatives — including another minor — managed to hide while Gordon stormed through the house looking for them, she added.
He was allegedly armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle, Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney added.
Gordon then allegedly broke into a second home, where he shot and killed 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, with whom he shares two children, officials said.
Four other people were in the second residence when Gordon broke in, they added.
Daniel’s mother, who has not been named publicly, was hospitalized for injuries she sustained when Gordon supposedly bludgeoned her with his weapon.
Gordon then carjacked an unrelated individual in a Dollar General parking lot, authorities said.
That individual was not injured, police said.
He left the scene in a stolen 2016 dark gray Honda CRV with a Pennsylvania license plate KFR 1534 and a “Namaste” sticker on the right rear bumper.
That vehicle was found in Trenton at 11:38 a.m., Schorn said.
Gordon — who is currently homeless — barricaded himself inside a residence in Trenton, authorities confirmed.
He is believed to have family ties with that residence, Schorn told reporters.
The hostages were evacuated from the second floor of the home without injuries, the Trenton Police Department confirmed to The Post.
One of the hostages was a child, according to reports.
Heart-stopping footage showed the SWAT officers evacuating the individuals through a window using tall ladders.
It is unclear if Gordon was still armed during the standoff, which ended when he was taken into custody around 5 p.m., Fox29 reported.
Officials said there is no known motive for his deadly spree, the outlet added.
Prior to Saturday’s rampage, authorities had “minor” contacts with Gordon, but “nothing that would indicate this,” Whitney said.
The initial reports of a shooting in Falls Township put the town in lockdown.
The shelter-in-place resulted in the Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day parade being canceled, local news said.
The warning was lifted by 12:25 p.m.
