Police Pursue Suspect in Philadelphia Area Shootings

A series of connected shootings in a Philadelphia-area suburb prompted a shelter-in-place order as police hunted for the gunman, identified as 26-year-old Andre Gordon. The suspect, who knew the victims, carjacked a stranger and barricaded himself in a home in Trenton, New Jersey, taking hostages. The shelter-in-place order was lifted after police cornered the suspect. The incident fell just short of the colloquial definition of a mass shooting, and there have been calls for a ban on assault-style rifles like the one believed to be in the suspect's possession.