Police discovered three fatalities before cornering suspect who took hostages in a home in New Jersey
At about 8.50am local time, Falls township police were called to a home at Viewpoint Lane in Levittown, where two people had been shot dead. Minutes later, a second shooting was reported at Edgewood Lane, where a third person was killed.shortly before 1pm, when police had cornered a suspect in the killings at a home in nearby Trenton, New Jersey.the suspect as 26-year old Andre Gordon.
Speaking to reporters in an afternoon press briefing, Falls township police did not provide any details about how many hostages were in the home where Gordon barricaded himself. But they said they believed he had a rifle styled after an AR-15. Such rifles have routinely been used in mass shootings across the country, prompting calls in some quarter for the weapons to be banned.
Nonetheless, the violence in Pennsylvania fell just short of the colloquial definition of a mass shooting, which the Gun Violence Archive – a nonpartisan resource –From 2015 to 2022, mass shootings involving an assault-style rifle left six times as many people shot and twice as many people killed as shootings involving other guns, illustrating how devastatingly efficient the weapons are at killing or maiming victims,Our US morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you...
The home in Trenton where Gordon was believed to be barricaded was surrounded by a specialized tactical team as of 1pm local time, police said.
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