New Jersey authorities lodge first charges against suspect in Bucks County triple fatal shootings

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Andre Gordon has been charged with carjacking and weapons offenses in New Jersey. He faces extradition to Bucks County, where murder charges are expected.

Andre Gordon has been charged with carjacking and weapons offenses in New Jersey as he awaits extradition to Pennsylvania.New Jersey has filed the first charges against Andre Gordon in connection with his alleged fatal shooting of three people — including his 13-year-old sister and his stepmother — Saturday in Falls Township, Bucks County, before fleeing to Trenton, where he was taken into custody.

“We will work closely with our partners in Bucks County to ensure that the defendant answers for his alleged crimes in both Trenton and Falls Township,” J. Stephen Ferketic, director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, said in a statement. New Jersey law enforcement officials said Sunday that Gordon carjacked a vehicle in the parking lot of Donnelly Homes in Trenton around 8:40 a.m. Saturday, drove to Falls Township to commit the shootings, carjacked a second vehicle in Morrisville, and returned to Trenton. He was then reported to be in a house on Phillips Street in Trenton. But, after surrounding the house, police found Gordon walking on a nearby street.On Sunday, his sister was mourned at the Pennsbury School District.

 

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