Gordon pleads guilty to murdering three, sentenced to three consecutive life terms
Andre Gordon Jr. today [May 28] pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in Bucks County court and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. The sentence also includes an additional 156 ½ to 313 years in state prison for a series of violent crimes committed on March 16, 2024, in Falls Township.
The lives stolen that horrific morning were those of his 13-year-old sister, a young life brimming with potential; his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, an Army veteran who died shielding her daughter and herself from danger; and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, the loving mother of his two now motherless children.
Beyond the three counts of murder, Gordon’s guilty plea encompassed a litany of violent acts that terrorized families and shook the peace of Falls Township: attempted homicide, burglary, aggravated assault, robbery of a motor vehicle, robbery, unlawful restraint, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, theft by unlawful taking, possession of an instrument of crime, terroristic threats, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person.
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn stated that the plea followed detailed talks with the family. During the sentencing hearing before President Judge Raymond F. McHugh, the prosecution presented a powerful video compilation that included harrowing 911 calls from both shooting locations, body camera and surveillance footage depicting the crime scenes, and a heartbreaking interview with one of Taylor Daniel’s daughters conducted at the Bucks County Child Advocacy Center.
