Andre Gordon killed three of his loved people in Lower Bucks County last year, causing bloodshed in two says in a matter of days.
And he will spend the rest of his life imprisoned for the crimes, whose purpose is still undetermined.
In connection with the shooting deaths of his wife, half-sister, and the family of his children in Falls Township, Gordon, 27, admitted guilt on three counts of first-degree death on Wednesday.
On March 16, 2024, Gordon admitted to breaking into his family’s residence and shooting his wife, Karen, 57, and half-sister, Kera, 13 as they hid from him in a room that was locked.
Gordon claimed that he then forced his way inside Taylor Daniel’s residence and shot her as their two sons hid a feet ahead.
Gordon received three consecutive life sentences, as well as an extra 156 1/2 to 313 times in state prison for crime, assault, and additional crimes he committed the day of the attack, as well as later assaults on corrections officials at the county jail, according to Bucks County Court Judge Raymond F. McHugh.
Prosecutors had previously stated they would seek the death penalty, but at Wednesday’s hearing, District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said she reconsidered that choice after hearing from the victims ‘ families.
Even so, Schorn had strong words for Gordon, claiming that his behavior that day were unjustifiable.
She claimed that “he did not value human living.” He knew the reputation he would leave on for his sons, so he took the lives of his family members.
Niels Eriksen, Gordon’s attorney, argued in the hearing on Wednesday, citing a prevention record he claimed detailed the mental health care he and other defendants received after his arrest.
After that, Eriksen declined to comment.
In the stolen vehicle, Gordon drove to his family’s property on Viewpoint Lane the day after the deaths in Trenton, New Jersey. According to the information presented on Wednesday, he was armed with a 7.62 mm ghost gun and an extended publication.
Prior to the murders, a friend in Trenton, where Gordon had been living, claimed that he had been given the firearm by the prosecution. According to Schorn, he was supposed to give the weapon to his companion, but he instead kept it for himself.
He rang the doorbell at his father’s house while concealing his mouth with a robe.
Andre Gordon Sr. demanded to know why his brother was standing at his front door because, in the past, he had been accused of having a feud and argument.
The younger Gordon yelled at his father, slammed the door in his mouth, and the younger Gordon then offered no justification.
After breaking a near windows, Gordon began firing into the home, causing his family to flee inside for safety. According to the prosecution, he “hunted” them, walking from room to room and washing guns.
Gordon heard his mother calling 911 through a locked room entrance, and he slammed through the doorway. Karen and Kera Gorgon pleaded with a 911 dispatcher to send people to keep them, according to a saving of that phone call that was played on Wednesday.
The call immediately ended as the two screamed; Schorn claimed Karen Gordon had suffered the awful fate of having her daughter perish before her stepson was killed.
Gordon’s step-sister, 14, managed to survive the attack by hiding under a pile of clothing in a drawer in her room. According to the prosecution, Gordon forced his way into that area but didn’t check the bedroom.
Gordon’s parents managed to survive by hiding beneath a pillow in a different bedroom.
Gordon’s surviving sister raged against him in a victim-impact speech read by Schorn on Wednesday, asking why he had wasted the opportunities his family had given him.
Gordon was born in Jamaica and was adopted as a teenager by his father and stepmother, who led the family to a new career and afterwards, their young girls.
His half-sister said Gordon appeared to be successful at first, but in recent years he had struggled as a result from both being a father and an child.
The girl said,” He has made me lose two of my life’s most significant persons, and he has never regretted it.” With my daughter, my father, and my sister, I always envisioned a future, but that is no longer feasible.
As Falls Township Police sped to the Gordons ‘ home on the day of the shooting, they learned of reports of a second shooting nearby.
A few minutes apart, Gordon had driven to Edgewood Lane, where Daniel shared a home with her mother, brother, and the two girls, then 5 and 3, that Gordon had lived in.
According to the prosecution, Gordon was not longer a pleasant at his mother’s house because, according to Daniel, he claimed Gordon had abused her in the months leading up to her death and that she was considering requesting a restraining order against him.
But when Daniel saw Gordon approaching her back door, she concealed the girls, who were still wearing their nightgowns in their room, covered them with their Spider-Man cover and instructed them to be silent, according to the prosecution.
Eventually, Gordon’s oldest child claimed to have watched her father murder her family and held her hand over her daughter’s lips so she wouldn’t make noise as they hid under the cover.
The child may be heard sluggishly calling out” Mommy” on a 911 call made on Wednesday in an attempt to rouse Daniel, according to the recording of the court hearing.
Nancy Daniel testified to the authorities that she first saw Gordon standing over her after hearing about his daughter’s murder. In an effort to keep her daughter, she hit him with an arrow control, but Gordon overpowered her and slammed her to the ground with his rifle.
In a victim-impact letter read in court, Daniel said,” I’m dull inside,” describing the bullet holes that also engulf the rugs in her house. There is a depth that I never anticipated could occur.
After the murders, Gordon drove a second burglary into Trenton. He was taken into custody that after an hours-long conflict with the police.
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