Update (1148 EST):
BREAKING: Police in Trenton have just found the carjacked Honda CRV, SWAT making entry into the house where it’s been found, Law enforcement sources tell me. pic.twitter.com/CxX2g3tXKr
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) March 16, 2024
Update (1141 EST): Suspect is still at large, not in custody as previously reported. Manhunt is underway.
At approximately 0945 EST, multiple eyewitnesses reported gunfire and a shelter-in-place order was given for the entire Falls Township, Pennsylvania.
??Falls Township ?? Reports of multiple people shot. pic.twitter.com/9T7rm9TfbO
— Chris O'Connell (@CoconnellFox29) March 16, 2024
Eyewitnesses reported that an active shooter armed with “multiple long rifles” carjacked a civilian vehicle on 0 Block of Edgewood Lane in the Levittown area of Falls Township. The shooter was identified as a black male and carjacked a “Gold Honda CR-V”.
UPDATE: “Active Shooter” armed with multiple long guns now in a carjacked silver Honda CRV, in Falls Twp. Bucks County, law enforcement sources tell me. Shooting scene on Edgewood Lane & Viewpoint Lane, where at least 3 people shot & killed, sources say. pic.twitter.com/ZBnQpqyUBr
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) March 16, 2024
As of this publication, four have been reported as killed and one injured and the suspect was reportedly taken into custody after leaving the stolen vehicle at a park and fleeing on foot. This apprehension has not been confirmed.
A St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration was scheduled for today, but has reportedly been cancelled in Falls Township due to the incident. It is not clear if the shooting occurred near the parade.
This is developing.