TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — Police say an armed man is barricaded with hostages in a Trenton, New Jersey residence after he shot and killed at the very least three of his kinfolk at two separate houses in close by Levittown, Pennsylvania on Saturday morning.
SWAT groups have been surrounding a house on Trenton’s Phillips Avenue the place 26-year-old Andre Gordon was believed to be inside. It was not clear what number of hostages have been within the residence.
Regulation enforcement tracked Gordon to this deal with in Trenton after a number of shootings and carjackings in Trenton and Bucks County this morning.
The incidents 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.
Andre Gordon accused of killing stepmother, companion and one other relative in Levittown, Pa.
The violence started earlier than 9 a.m. at a house on Viewpoint Lane in Levittown. Falls Township Police and Bucks County District Lawyer Jennifer Schorn stated Gordon — armed with an AR-style-rifle and probably 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 feminine relative, Schorn stated.
Three different individuals have been in that residence through the capturing. 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 residence on Edgewood Lane in Levittown the place he once more broke in, Schorn stated. There, he shot and killed a 25-year-old lady with whom he has two youngsters, she added.
These two youngsters, the sufferer’s mom, and one other relative have been contained in the Edgewood Lane residence. Gordon additionally bludgeoned one in all them with the rifle, Schorn stated. That particular person is predicted to outlive their accidents. Nobody else in that residence was bodily damage.
Gordon fled the scene after that capturing, Schorn stated. Â
About 10 minutes later, police imagine Gordon dedicated a second carjacking at a Greenback Normal on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, getting away with a Honda CRV.
That Honda was later discovered near the Trenton residence the place the hostage state of affairs 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 should produce other weapons.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating how Gordon acquired the rifle. Extra info 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. Â
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 advised residents to remain inside their houses, away from home windows.
As police started trying to find Gordon, the Falls Township St. Patrick’s Day Parade was getting underway. Whitney stated Falls Township cops went up and down the parade route and commenced warning the group to go away the world and head residence.
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.
The Honda taken from the Morrisville Greenback Normal was later noticed in Trenton, close to the house the place the standoff was happening.
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 several 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.
State Sen. Steve Santarsiero knowledgeable constituents on Fb concerning the cancellation of the parade.
The Pennsbury College District stated all actions within the district are postponed. College students who have been taking part 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 regulation enforcement of their investigation and reiterated calls to shelter in place.
Langhorne police stated they didn’t imagine 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 likely be up to date.