FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Authorities have issued a shelter-in-place order after the shooting of several people in a Philadelphia suburb.
Middletown Township police said Saturday morning that there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township that resulted in “several gunshot victims.”
Police said it was not yet known whether the shootings were “targeted or random.”
Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place order around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said a local mall and Sesame Place had to close until further notice and that the Target store in the area had chosen to close as well.
The county’s planned St. Patrick’s Day parade was also canceled due to the shelter-in-place order. The county’s planned St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled.
No further details about the shooting and the suspect(s) were immediately released.
