LEVITTOWN: A suspect has barricaded himself in a home in New Jersey and was holding hostages after shooting three people to death in suburban Philadelphia.
The Saturday morning shooting in Falls Township in eastern Pennsylvania forced the cancellation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and shut down a children’s theme park. Police said the suspect, a 26-year-old man who was currently homeless, knew the shooting victims.
Falls Township police said in a statement that the shootings occurred at two locations in the township. The suspect then carjacked a vehicle and drove to Trenton, New Jersey, where he barricaded himself in a home with hostages. Middletown Township police said the suspect has ties to addresses in Bucks and Trenton and “stays in Trenton primarily.”