The mother of a Pennsylvania woman killed in a mass shooting in Bucks County over the weekend is calling her daughter a hero.
Police arrested 26-year-old Andre Gordon in Trenton, New Jersey, hours after authorities said Gordon went to two homes in Falls Township and shot and killed three people. The victims were identified as Karen Gordon, 52, Taylor Daniel, 25, and Kela Gordon, 13. Three others, including a minor, were able to hide inside the home.
Police said Karen Gordon was the suspect’s stepmother and Kela Gordon was his sister. Taylor Daniel was the mother of the suspect’s two children.
In an interview with FOX 29 PhiladelphiaTaylor’s mother, Nancy Daniel, said her daughter was a “wonderful person” and “loved them more than anything.”
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Taylor Daniels, 25, was one of three people allegedly killed by Andre Gordon in a mass shooting in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 2024. (WTXF)
“She did everything she could for them,” Danielle told the magazine.
Nancy Daniel was one of the survivors of the home and witnessed the attack. She said Taylor was a hero for protecting her two daughters from her father.
“She might have saved their lives. If she hadn’t moved them, they might have died too. I don’t know,” Danielle told FOX 29. Ta.
Daniel described in horrifying detail the moments leading up to his daughter’s murder.
She said Gordon broke down the door.
“He broke down the door and came into the hallway, so she forced the girls into the bedroom and tried to hide,” Danielle told FOX 29.
That’s when police said Gordon shot and killed Taylor.
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Nancy Daniels, who witnessed the shooting, said her daughter Taylor was a hero who acted quickly to protect her two children. (WTXF)
Daniel said she heard gunshots and began hitting Gordon with an ax handle, and Gordon then struck her with a rifle. The impact broke the gun, Daniel told FOX 29.
Daniel survived with lacerations to his face and cuts and bruises to his arms.
Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney said Saturday afternoon that the department had minor contact with Gordon before the shooting, but “there was nothing to indicate that.” He said this at a press conference.
At approximately 8:52 a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to investigate a report of a shooting in the unit block of Viewpoint Lane in Levittown. A preliminary investigation revealed that Gordon is suspected of shooting his stepmother and sister, said Falls County Police Department Operations Lt. Christopher Clark. It is said that both of them lived in this mansion.
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Andre Gordon, 26, is the suspect in a shooting that left three people dead in Falls Township, Pennsylvania. He was arrested and charged with their murder. (Falls Township Police Department)
After the shooting at about 9:01 a.m., Gordon allegedly went to a subdivision on Edgewood Lane where he shot and killed another person, Taylor, before fleeing the scene, Clark said.
About 12 minutes later, Gordon allegedly carjacked the victim at gunpoint in the Dollar General parking lot on Bristol Pike in Morrisville. The man then drove to Trenton and barricaded himself inside a home, authorities said.
Police said the carjacking victim was not injured.
Police said the stolen vehicle, a dark gray Honda CRV, was found unoccupied in the 100 block of Miller Street in Trenton around 11:38 a.m.
Trenton Police Chief Steve Wilson said Gordon appeared to have fled the area before the barricades were set up and was later found near the home where the barricades appeared to have been set up.
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Mr Wilson added that it was unlikely Mr Gordon was armed when he was taken into custody.
Gordon has been charged in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania with charges including first- and second-degree murder, carjacking, aggravated assault, robbery and related crimes.
