Andre Jordan II
Introduction
Andre Jordan II, a 35-year-old from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced on October 29, 2026 to 300 months in federal prison — 25 years — for attempted murder of federal officers, after he fired at least 11 times at law enforcement from inside a Springfield hotel room in August 2025 while a fugitive with an active warrant for aggravated murder out of Franklin County. U.S. District Judge Michael J. Newman imposed the sentence .
Background Information
By early August 2025, Jordan was a wanted man: charged in a murder that had taken place outside a Columbus bar earlier that month, according to U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II. The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), a federal task force, adopted the fugitive investigation, which led officials to a room at the Quality Inn in Springfield, Ohio .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Convicted and sentenced.
SOFAST tracked Jordan to the hotel room and set up to apprehend him. Law enforcement announced their presence; Jordan looked out the window. After additional announcements, he fired a shot through the window toward the pool area, in the vicinity of officers and federal agents, who retreated to cover. He then fired a round through the middle of the hotel door into the hallway — where federal agents had been standing moments before .
The release is explicit about who else was in the room: three young children and two other adults. Hotel surveillance video shows the other adults and children fleeing before Jordan fired at least eight additional rounds through the connecting doors into the adjacent hotel room, at an angle and direction where law enforcement officers had previously been positioned in the hallway .
The Springfield Police Division SWAT Team responded, and hostage negotiators established communication. After several hours of negotiation, Jordan surrendered without further incident and was taken into custody. He was charged federally in August 2025 and pleaded guilty in April 2026 .
Public Reaction and Consequences
U.S. Attorney Gerace said: “When he opened fire, Jordan showed a complete lack of regard for the lives of federal law enforcement officers and the occupants of the hotel — including those in his very own room.” He added that Jordan’s actions, coupled with his status as a fugitive charged in the Columbus bar murder, “make clear that he poses a significant threat to public safety and should remain in custody for a significant period of time” .
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Gerace, FBI Cincinnati Division Special Agent in Charge Jason Cromartie, United States Marshal Michael D. Black, Springfield Police Chief Allison Elliott, and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant. Assistant United States Attorneys Elizabeth McCormick and Rob Painter represented the United States .
Current Status
Jordan is serving a 300-month federal term for attempted murder of federal officers. The aggravated-murder charge out of Franklin County that made him a fugitive in the first place remains the other half of his legal exposure, though the release records no disposition of that county case. He pleaded guilty to the federal counts in April 2026 and was sentenced in October 2026 .
Impact on Their Career/Life
A 25-year federal sentence at 35 carries Jordan past his 60th birthday before release, and that is only the federal half: the aggravated-murder warrant from Franklin County — the reason SOFAST was looking for him at the Quality Inn — represents a separate exposure on top of the attempted-murder-of-officers conviction. The surveillance detail the release preserved, of children fleeing a hotel room before their companion shot through its connecting doors, is now part of the public record of why a federal judge sent him away for two and a half decades .
Sources
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio, “Fugitive wanted for murder who shot at federal officers in Springfield hotel sentenced to 25 years in prison,” October 29, 2026 — source