Authorities say a man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states.
Steve Wilson, police director for the city, speaks in Trenton, N.J. on Saturday, March 16, 2024. A man suspected of killing several people in their Philadelphia-area homes was later arrested in New Jersey's capital city following a major police response and hourslong standoff, authorities said.
Court documents in Pennsylvania don't list an attorney for Gordon and a number listed in his name wasn't in service. New Jersey authorities said they had no information as yet on a defense attorney for Gordon in that state. The victims were identified by Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn on Saturday as the suspect’s 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon; and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon; and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, the mother of his two children, who were present at the time of the shooting in that home. He is also charged with having beaten Daniel's mother with the assault weapon; she was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Officials in Pennsylvania said they couldn’t yet speak to a motive for the attacks. While Gordon had had some minor brushes with the law, they were “nothing that would indicate that anything like this would happen,” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said at a news conference.
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