NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Three people were killed inside a home in Northampton Township, Bucks County, authorities said Monday.
Around 2:15 p.m., officers went to a home on Heather Road, near Second Street Pike, for a well-being check. There, Northampton Township police said officers found a man armed with a knife, and three dead bodies.
There was an apparent barricade situation at the single-family home. The police presence in the area carried on well into the night, hours after police first arrived. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office referred to the incident as a “fluid situation,” but there was no danger to the public.
Police eventually took the suspect into custody.
Investigators did not say how or if the suspect is connected to the victims, or how they died. The victims have not yet been identified.
Northampton Township police and Bucks County detectives are investigating further.