The Pennsylvania district legal professional prosecuting the homeless man accused of killing three family members final month introduced she would search the loss of life penalty towards the suspect who mentioned he may solely “pray to God” following his first court docket look Wednesday.
Andre Gordon Jr. is dealing with homicide costs within the March 16 deadly shootings of his stepmother, teen sister and mom of his youngsters throughout a surprising crime spree that was carried out throughout two states.
“I’m placing this defendant on discover,” District Lawyer Jennifer Schorn mentioned in court docket Wednesday, based on the Bucks County Courier.
Schorn defined she made the fast declaration due to the “a number of killing and grave danger to others.”
“We had a chance to talk to the household and get their place,” she instructed reporters exterior.
“Time will inform in the end how this case unfolds. However we needed to certify earlier than formal arraignment.”
The state has not killed an inmate convicted of homicide since 1999.
Whereas Schorn is requesting the loss of life penalty, Gov. Josh Shapiro has mentioned he wouldn’t permit executions within the state whereas he’s in workplace.
Gordon, 26, allegedly carjacked a automobile in Trenton, New Jersey after which drove throughout the Pennsylvania border the place he shot and killed his stepmother, Karen Gordon, 52, and 13-year-old sister Kera Gordon in a Levittown dwelling, police mentioned.
He then went to a unique dwelling in the identical city the place cops mentioned he killed Taylor Daniel, the 25-year-old mom of his two kids, and likewise attacked the youngsters’s grandmother with a rifle, leaving her injured.
The 2 youngsters have been current in the course of the taking pictures, police have mentioned.
He then carjacked one other automobile and hightailed it again to New Jersey earlier than being captured by police.
He waived extradition again to Pennsylvania earlier on Wednesday.
In his first court docket look, Gordon, who didn’t have an legal professional with him, appeared confused in entrance of Choose John Galloway.
When Galloway requested if he understood it was a preliminary listening to to learn the fees, Gordon replied, “Probably not.”
He then mentioned “Sure, sir” when the choose repeated himself.
The defendant was remanded.
When reporters requested him exterior if he had something to say, he softly muttered, “Pray, pray to God.”
A motive for the deadly assaults is unknown.
With Submit wires
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