A 26-year-old man allegedly killed three people, including his 13-year-old sister, at two different homes in Pennsylvania before carjacking a driver and fleeing to New Jersey, police said.
, including his 13-year-old sister, at two different homes in Pennsylvania before carjacking a driver and fleeing to New Jersey, police said.in Falls Township on Saturday morning, according to authorities, before crossing state lines where he was eventually arrested. He carried out the attacks with an "AR-15 style assault rifle," Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said.
"Apparently, before the perimeter was completed, the suspect was able to get out of the location unseen. However, our information was that he was still in there,"Gordon was arrested two blocks away from the home where police thought he was barricaded in, Trenton mayor Reed Gusciora said, adding the suspect did not have any weapons when he was arrested and cooperated with police. Gusciora said he felt "really grateful" after Gordon's arrest.
The three family members "were able to hide and avoid being shot by Gordon as he went through the house searching for them," Schorn said during a news conference. Then around 12:20 p.m., Pennsylvania authorities were notified Gordon was barricaded inside a Trenton home. But the city's police director said the suspect had actually managed to leave the house at some point before they had established a perimeter. The perimeter had been set up between approximately 10:30 to 11 a.m., according to police."The people who were inside the house, they went upstairs. They still felt that he was still in the house.
Family members were present at both homes in Falls Township, according to Schorn. Gordon is also believed to have "family ties" to the Trenton house, she said in a news conference.
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