This morning, Trenton Police have confirmed they are dealing with a barricaded and potentially armed individual at this hour. A little earlier, s. W. A. T. Team members seen rescuing people from this residence on philip avenue in trenton. Those exiting were believed to have been held hostage by the alleged suspect. They identified the shooting suspect as 26yearold andre gordon. He has ties to the trenton area. He is alleged to have killed three people this morning in neighboring falls township, pennsylvania. Authorities say it was his stepmother, 13yearold sister, and the mother of gordons two children. The Bucks County District Attorneys Office held a Press Conference earlier regarding this mornings shootings. Lets listen. Forcibly broke into the residence after which he shot and killed his 52yearold stepmother, karen gordon, and his 13yearold sister, kara gordon, who lived at the residence. There were three other individuals at the residence, including a minor inside the home, who we
When i begin a project, i know very little about my topics. As i begin to do the research, i go on a treasure hunt. That is the way i like to look at it. I use primary sources in order to gather the material i need to write nonfiction books that not only inaccurate but hopefully interesting. When i began to look into a book about George Washington and decided to write this book i began with George Washington in the very same way. I knew very little about washington. I had heard of course that he had chopped down a cherry tree, which he didnt, and i had heard that he worked with which he did it. And i heard that he had wooden teeth, which he didnt. So i found out very quickly the things i thought i knew about George Washington were absolutely not any of them correct. So as i began the book which i described as csis meets the biography channel, as you will see why as we go along, it has been a treat for me to replace all of those myths with the facts about George Washington. The premise
You are watching American History tv 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter at cspan history. Get a schedule of our upcoming programs and keep up with the latest history news. Each week, American Historys tv real america brings you stories that tell the story of American History. Up next is a training film that outlines the history of snipers and the American Military and shows hows my first should be deployed and used in a variety of combat situations. Some of these techniques may have been used by the late u. S. Navy seal chris kyle, whose memoir of four tors in the middle east was the basis for the film american sniper. The military sniper dates from the time of the revolutionary war. Since then snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. During our civil war, general hiram burden affected techniques snipers use. World war i saw german soldiers use highpowered rifles with telescopic sights. During world war ii, the u. S. A
Archival films that help to tell the story of american history. Up next is a training film that outlines the history of snipers and the American Military and shows how snipers should be deployed and used in a variety of combat situations. Some of these techniques may have been used by the late u. S. Navy seal chris kyle, whose memoir of four tors in the middle east was the basis for the Academy Award nominated film american sniper. The military sniper dates from the time of the revolutionary war. Since then, snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. During our civil war, general hiram burden affected techniques snipers use. World war i saw german soldiers use highpowered rifles with telescopic sights. During world war ii, the u. S. Armed rifles to conduct sniper operations. World war ii taught us that a sniper is a weapon of opportunity and a typical rifleman cannot be assigned a sniper mission. Every marksman is not a sniper but every sniper is a marksman. During the korea