Shelter-in-place lifted for Newtown Twp., second such police incident in as many days in Bucks Co.

According to police, they responded to a domestic incident Sunday morning in the Headley Trace development on Newtown-Yardley Road.

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  • 6abc digital staff
    • March 17, 2024
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A shelter in place in Newtown Township has been lifted, and police say there is no danger to the community.

According to police, they responded to a domestic incident Sunday morning in the Headley Trace development on Newtown-Yardley Road.

Officers said a man was armed with a handgun and assaulted a woman.

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He then barricaded inside of a home, prompting a SWAT response.

This left people in the area on edge, as this incident comes roughly 24 hours after residents of another Bucks County community woke up to a request from police to shelter in place.

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That request, made by police in Falls Township on Saturday morning, came as officers searched for a suspect wanted in three homicides.

That suspect, 26-year-old Andre Gordon, was later taken into custody after a standoff in Trenton, New Jersey.

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