3 people found dead at Bucks County home, man in custody
Northampton Township police said they went to a house to conduct a well-being check and were confronted by a man armed with a knife.
Three people were found dead Monday at a Bucks County home where a man barricaded himself for hours before being taken into custody, police said.
Police in Northampton Township said they responded around 2:15 p.m. to a home on the unit block of Heather Road for a well-being check and were confronted by a man armed with a knife.
The South Central Emergency Response Team responded to the scene and later took the suspect into custody, police said, adding that there was no danger to the community.
Police released no other details about the victims or the man who was in custody.
A neighbor who asked not to be named said that earlier in the day, police several times tried to communicate over a loud speaker or megaphone with a man inside the house.
“We just want to talk to you. Come out. We just want to talk,” the neighbor recalled the police saying to the man. “But nobody came out.”
The neighbor said a couple possibly in their 80s have lived in the home for decades and had a son and a daughter. The son, possibly in his 50s, has moved in and out of the home several times over the years, the neighbor said.
At 3:17 p.m., the Northampton Township Police Department posted an alert on Facebook asking the public to avoid the area of Heather Road and Second Street Pike because of police activity.
The neighbor said officers from several other police agencies responded to the scene. There were two armored vehicles and several ambulances included as part of the response.
“It seems like they kept coming and coming and coming,” the neighbor said.
Around 7:35 p.m., the neighbor said some police officers had left, but many were still at the scene.