Bucks County shooting suspect in custody after police say he killed his stepmom, sister, and the mother of his kids

Sonya Hanson said she was carjacked by Gordon on nearby Southern Street around 8:45 am this morning, and that police in Bucks County had told her they had discovered stolen 2013 Silver Nissan Ultima X in Falls Township and that it was now part of the murder investigation.

“They said they had to hold my car because it was a homicide and three people were murdered,” Hanson said.

At Brunswick and Phillips Avenue in Trenton, a large crowd remained gathered around at the police tape, watching the standoff down the street.

Earlier, police had freed four hostages from the residences, using ladders to help two people out a second floor window. A short while later, police escorted two more people out the front door.

Police in Trenton said they believe shooting suspect Andre Gordon remains barricaded in a house on Phillips Avenue, but no longer has hostages.

"The residents have been successfully evacuated with no injuries," said Detective Lieutenant Lisette Rios.

Charles Flanagan, a neighbor of the Gordon house on Viewpoint Lane, said Andre Gordon, a certified electrician, and his wife, Karen, were from Jamaica and lived there with their two school-age daughters, who were born in Levittown. They had lived there about two decades, he said.

Flanagan said Andre Gordon, the son, was born in Jamaica and was not Karen’s biological son. He recalled that Andre moved from Jamaica to the Gordon house about five or six years ago, but only stayed for about a month and left.

At an afternoon news conference, Bucks County authorities said an hours-long shelter-in-place order issued in the wake of a deadly shooting spree in Falls Township Saturday morning has been lifted.

Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said the suspect, 26-year-old Andre Gordon, is believed to have killed his stepmother, 13-year-old sister, and the mother of his two of his children, and has barricaded himself in a New Jersey home.

A person who lives on the same usually quiet residential block as the house on Edgewood Lane where one of the shootings occurred and who asked not to be identified for security reasons said she heard loud banging sounds and arguing this morning. Later, she saw a light colored car speeding away.

She had seen the photo of the shooting suspect, which was released earlier today, and said she had never seen him at the house and really didn't know anything about the people who appeared to live there.

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted, Falls Township police confirmed.

The Honda CRV police said Gordon used as a getaway car was located unoccupied on Miller Street in Trenton, N.J.

A man who identified himself as Andre Gordon and was listed as living in the unit block of Viewpoint Lane in Levittown where the suspect, also named Andre Gordon is listed as living, said: "I'm a victim of that incident" when asked if he was involved in Saturday's shootings.

"They killed my wife and my kid."

Ahad Mulla, store manager at the Dollar General on Bristol Pike in Morrisville, said he was not aware that the vehicle had been carjacked from the store’s lot until he saw the police cars and heard the sirens.

“We had no clue, even the customers,” he said. “Everyone was in the store shopping.”

Bucks County authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday's shootings in Falls Township as Andre Gordon, 26, who was last seen driving a stolen dark gray 2016 Honda CRV.

Police responded to reports of a shooting on Viewpoint Lane shortly before 9 a.m. Gordon, authorities said, shot and killed two people at a residence on the street before driving to Edgewood Lane, where he allegedly shot and killed a third person.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said he’s been briefed on the shootings in Falls Township and directed State Police to coordinate with local law enforcement to provide “whatever support is needed on the ground.”

Falls Township residents were first told to begin sheltering in place at 9:30 a.m., via an emergency alert sent to their phones.

The Bucks County St. Patrick’s Day Parade was canceled, following an unrelated active shooter situation in Falls Township.

The annual parade in Falls Township along New Falls Road was canceled Saturday morning, after the community was told to shelter-in-place. The parade had been set to begin at 10:30 a.m.

Three people were shot and killed in shootings at two homes in Falls Township Saturday morning, law enforcement sources with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told The Inquirer.

The victims, whom police have not yet publicly identified, were known to the shooter, said the sources, who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The shootings appear to be domestic in nature.

Multiple people were shot in Falls Township in Bucks County Saturday morning, police said.

The Middletown Township Police Department said in a statement there are several gun shot victims. Details about the shootings remain unclear.