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Andre Gordon Jr. Comes Before NJ Judge, Extradition Hearing Set

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Tom Sofield
Andre Gordon Jr. in a mugshot.

The Pennsbury High School graduate who killed three people in Falls Township’s Levittown section was before a New Jersey judge on Wednesday.

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Andre Gordon Jr., 26, who is homeless, waived his right to contest his pretrial detention at the hearing before Superior Court Judge Robert W. Bingham II, who is assigned to Mercer County.

The hearing was related to the first-degree carjacking, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of an assault firearm, third-degree unlawful possession of a firearm without a serial number, third-degree receiving stolen property, fourth-degree unlawful possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, and fourth-degree possession of hollow-point ammunition filed by Garden State officials.

According to the Associated Press, Gordon appeared from the Mercer County Correction Center via video, did not enter a plea, and was represented by a public defender.

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Gordon is set to have an extradition hearing next Wednesday on his Bucks County case, which includes homicide and other related charges.

The sequence of events leading to Gordon’s arrest began on the morning of Saturday, March 16, in Trenton.

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According to authorities, Gordon allegedly carjacked a vehicle in the Donnelly Homes parking lot. He then reportedly drove to Falls Township’s Levittown section where he caused the two separate shootings before committing another carjacking and returning to Trenton. His arrest took place around 5 p.m. on New York Avenue after an intensive law enforcement operation.

Bucks County Detectives along Edgewood Road hours after the shooting.
Credit: Natalie Grimmer/LevittownNow.com

Officials detailed that the shootings in Levittown were carried out using a long gun. The victims were Gordon’s stepmother, 52-year-old Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, who were both killed in their home on Viewpoint Lane. In another home on Edgewood Lane, 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, who is the mother of Gordon’s two children, was fatally shot. Additionally, Daniel’s mother suffered injuries after being assaulted with the butt of Gordon’s AR-15-style firearm.

The shootings shocked the community, and the case has gained international attention.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.