Newly released court documents reveal how, police claim, Andre Gordon, 26, argued with members of his family before he, allegedly, killed his stepmother, teen sister and the mother of his childrena man accused of killing his stepmother, teen sister and mother of his two children Saturday morning
However, doorbell footage showed that the 26-year-old then displayed a rifle -- which officials have said was a ghost gun, or an unlicensed, illegal firearm -- and began banging on the front door of the home, causing glass to break on the door, court documents said. The victim's brother told police that he heard his sister tell their mother to go to her room when he heard an argument between Gordon and Daniel.When he exited the room, the victim's brother told police that he saw his sister laying unresponsive on the floor and his mother had sustained a head injury, according to court documents. At that point, he took his two nieces -- Gordon and Daniel's two daughters -- out of the room where her mother's body lay.
Court documents note that Gordon then fled to Trenton, NJ, where police believe he had barricaded himself inside a home -- along with hostages -- on the 100 block of Phillips Avenue. As noted in the recently released documents, Gordon was apprehended about five blocks from the home while walking along New York Avenue in Trenton, NJ.including murder, aggravated assault, burglary and other offenses in Pennsylvania, as well as carjacking and weapons offenses in New Jersey.