Pennsylvania shooter Andre Gordon Jr. arrested

• Andre Gordon is arrested for triple homicide.
• Chaos in Falls Township, Pennsylvania.
• He was captured in New Jersey.

Authorities have provided information about the man accused of killing three people during a violent attack in Falls Township, Pennsylvania on Saturday morning.

There was terror over the weekend when the suspected shooter barricaded himself in a house in Trenton, New Jersey.

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According to police sources, the suspect was believed to be in a house on the 100 block of Miller Street in Trenton, where he may have taken several people hostage.

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Andre Gordon is arrested

However, according to police reports, he has finally been captured.

Steve Wilson, police director of the city of Trenton, stated that the man was found near the house where he was believed to have barricaded himself.

Apparently, he escaped from the perimeter around the house before it was put into place.

Wilson added that he did not believe Andre Gordon was armed at that time and that no one else was injured during the arrest.

Gordon is suspected of killing 3 family members

The suspect who caused terror in Pennsylvania this Saturday was identified as Andre Gordon Jr., 26.

Authorities stated that they believe he killed his stepmother, his teenage sister and the mother of his children at two different houses in Falls Township, Pennsylvania.

This information was disclosed by Bucks County DA, Jennifer Schorn. A motive for the attacks has not yet been established.

Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney stated that although Gordon had previous minor brushes with the law, nothing suggested that something like this would happen.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade canceled

Police indicated that Gordon was believed to be homeless, and it was still unclear whether he had legal representation.

The resulting chaos forced the cancellation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and the closure of a Sesame Street-themed amusement park.

Meanwhile, authorities in Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place order for several hours.

The incident began on Viewpoint Lane in Falls Township just before 9 a.m., when police responded to reports of a shooting.

Terror in Pennsylvania

After fleeing in a stolen car and then stealing another in a store parking lot, Gordon went to the house in nearby Trenton, authorities said.

By mid-afternoon, officers surrounded the house in a cordoned-off block, called out to Gordon through a loudspeaker, and tried to persuade him to come out.

Schorn said police believe Gordon first broke into a house in the Levittown community in Falls Township where he killed his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon.

Three other people, including a 14-year-old, hid while he searched the house for them, the district attorney said.

‘All the neighbors were outside’

She said police believe the killer then drove to another house in Levittown and shot and killed 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, who was the mother of his two children.

The victim’s mother was shot with a rifle, Schorn said. Police said the she is expected to recover, according to The Associated Press.

Shaun Murphy, who lives in Levittown, said he was heading to the local St. Patrick’s Day parade when he saw the road had been blocked.

«All the neighbors were outside wondering what was going on, and then we got the notice about the shelter-in-place,» Murphy said.