Bucks Fatal Triple Shooting Suspect Sent To Psychiatric Hospital

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —The man accused of killing three family members during a March rampage in Falls Township has been ordered to be committed to a state psychiatric hospital.

Andre Gordon Jr., 26, a homeless Trenton, N.J., man, is charged with 32 counts by Bucks County authorities, including three counts of first-degree murder, and three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting.

A Bucks County Court of Common Pleas judge has ordered and directed that Gordon be committed to Norristown Hospital or Torrance State Hospital under the Mental Health Procedures Act for psychiatric evaluation and treatment, said Manuel Gamiz Jr., director of communications for the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.

That evaluation period is not to exceed 60 days, the order states.

Gordon faces eight new charges —including aggravated assault and disarming a law enforcement officer —and eight related misdemeanor and summary offenses stemming from a May incident in the Bucks County Correctional Facility.

Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said that she would seek the death penalty against Gordon due to the multiple first-degree murder charges, authorities said.

Authorities said that Gordon forcibly broke into one home and killed his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, and 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, before going to another home and killing Taylor Daniel, the mother of his two children.

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He then held New Jersey police in a standoff in which he barricaded himself in a Trenton, N.J., home for several hours.