by Daniel Johnson
March 17, 2024
Andre Gordon allegedly killed his 52-year-old stepmother, his 13-year-old sister, and the mom of his two kids.
A 26-year-old man is dealing with a number of expenses of carjacking, possession of a weapon for an illegal function, illegal possession of an assault firearm, illegal possession of a firearm and not using a serial quantity, receiving stolen property, illegal possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, and possession of hollow-point ammunition along with three potential homicide expenses because the suspect in a March 16 rampage throughout two states.
As Fox 29 Philadelphia studies, Andre Gordon allegedly killed his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, shortly earlier than 9 A.M. Gordon is accused of then going to Trenton, New Jersey, the place he carjacked a automobile earlier than allegedly killing Taylor Daniel, the mom of his two kids, and injuring one other individual by hitting the individual together with his rifle. He’s being charged together with her homicide as nicely.
Based on police, after he fled that scene, he allegedly carjacked one other automobile at gunpoint a grey Honda CRV belonging to a 44-year-old man. The automobile was later discovered unoccupied in Trenton. A manhunt for Gordon ensued, culminating in a house in Trenton being surrounded by the SWAT workforce the place police believed Gordon had barricaded himself. Based on authorities, Gordon is accused of taking hostages inside that dwelling, however nobody was harmed, and the hostages had been launched. Ultimately, officers discovered Gordon inside one other dwelling, a few blocks away, ending the manhunt.
As of March 17, no motive has been revealed, however as NBC Information studies, Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora described among the occasions in an interview. “It’s obvious that he left earlier than the police arrived,” the mayor mentioned of the primary dwelling Gordon took over “The folks that had been nonetheless in the home on the second ground believed, and so they relayed to them by 911 calls, that he was nonetheless downstairs. My understanding is he was strolling down the road.”
Gusciora additionally indicated that he doesn’t remorse giving the order for residents to shelter in place whereas others had been evacuated, saying, “We worth life and we wished to make it possible for we err on the aspect of warning to inform individuals to remain in your house. The suspect was nonetheless out and about.”
Based on Jennifer Schorn, the district lawyer for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the demise toll would have been worse if not for different individuals inside the house the place Gordon killed his stepmother and sister hiding from the gunman. Schorn mentioned at a March 16 information convention that they “had been in a position to disguise and keep away from being shot by Gordon as he went by the home looking for them.” A girl that Gordon “bludgeoned” together with his gun was taken to a neighborhood hospital the place she is predicted to recuperate.
Based on Pennsylvania police, Gordon was homeless, however had some connections to Trenton. They cautioned that he might have extra weapons and was thought of “extraordinarily harmful.” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney mentioned that Gordon had contact together with his division previously, however nothing gave them the indication that Gordon would ultimately do something like this.
Gordon is now in custody on the Mercer County Correction Facility the place he presumably awaits homicide and expenses which might be pending from the a number of shootings and carjackings he’s accused of along with the costs earlier enumerated which might be coming his method from New Jersey Lawyer Normal Matthew J. Platkin.
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