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Pennsylvania man sentenced to three consecutive life terms in triple homicide
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania man accused of killing his sister, stepmother, and the mother of his children will spend the rest of his life behind bars, sentenced to three consecutive life term without parole. Andre Gordon, Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of first degree murder, as well as charges of attempted homicide, burglary, aggravated assault, and robbery, among others. He was set to face trial in Bucks County Court for the March 16, 2024 killings of his 13-year-old sister, his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon and his 25-year-old girlfriend, Taylor Daniel. PREVIOUS COVERAGE > Man faces charges in two states after alleged killings of family members in Pennsylvania This happened in Falls Township in eastern Bucks County, near Morrisville and across the Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey. Gordon was accused of carjacking a vehicle in that city, driving to his father's residence and breaking in, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. Karen Gordon and her 13-year-old daughter were found dead by Falls Township Police responding to a reported shooting there. He then went to Daniel's home, authorities said, alleging that he forced his way into the home and shot and killed her. Multiple members of the family, including their two children, were present and Daniel's mother, Nancy, was assaulted in the act. In Morrisville shortly after, he was accused of carjacking another vehicle at the Dollar General. Gordon was sentenced Wednesday by President Judge Raymond F. McHugh to three life terms without parole on the first-degree murder charges and 156 1/2 years to 313 years on the remaining charges. The sentences are to run consecutively. Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Apple TV devices 'There are no words to explain why this happened,' McHugh said in the sentencing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Andre Gordon Jr., man charged with killing 3 family members in Pennsylvania, sentenced to 3 life terms
Andre Gordon Jr., the man charged with killing three family members in 2024, entered guilty pleas to three counts of first-degree murder and other offenses at the Bucks County Justice Center on Wednesday. Gordon was then sentenced to three life terms in prison, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. Along with the three first-degree murder charges, Gordon was charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of burglary, two counts of aggravated assault and other offenses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in connection with the shootings and carjackings that happened last year. Gordon killed his stepmother, 52-year-old Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, after carjacking someone in Trenton, New Jersey, and driving to his family's Levittown home in March 2024, officials said. "The evidence showed he was hunting in that home," Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said Wednesday. "To know that a mom and her 13-year-old daughter were tucked behind the mom's first-floor office door, locked door, hoping and praying on the phone with 911, just praying for help." According to court documents, Gordon said he went into another home nearby and killed 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, the mother of his two children, in front of their kids. Officials said Gordon also bludgeoned Daniel's mother in the residence with an assault rifle, and she had to be taken to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital for her injuries. Gordon then carjacked another vehicle in a Dollar General parking lot in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and drove back to Trenton, officials said. The shootings and carjackings led police on a manhunt in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and spurred shelter-in-place orders in Bucks County, along with the cancellation of the Falls Township St. Patrick's Parade. Police found the vehicle that Gordon allegedly stole in Bucks County on Phillips Avenue in Trenton, where a standoff took place for nearly six hours on the day of the murders. Gordon was arrested a couple of blocks from the home where police had believed Gordon was barricaded. He allegedly left the house before the standoff started and cut his hair in an attempt to conceal his appearance before he was found by police. Schorn said last year she planned to pursue the death penalty for Gordon. This is a developing story and will be updated.
