SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A Reynoldsburg man who opened fire on federal officers from inside a Springfield hotel room while he was a fugitive on a Franklin County aggravated murder warrant has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
Andre Jordan II, 35, of Reynoldsburg, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for attempted murder of federal officers, according to federal prosecutors. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Michael J. Newman, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
FBI Cincinnati, in a post on Oct. 30, said that thanks to the bravery and professionalism of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, no officers were harmed during the arrest and Jordan was safely taken into custody.
According to court documents cited by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, a federal task force known as SOFAST, took over the fugitive investigation of Jordan in early August 2025, and the investigation led officials to the Quality Inn in Springfield.
SOFAST tracked Jordan to a room at the hotel and set up to arrest him, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Officers announced their presence, and Jordan looked out the window of the room, according to prosecutors. After additional announcements, Jordan fired a shot through the window toward the pool area, in the vicinity of officers and federal agents, who retreated to take cover, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He then fired a round through the middle of the hotel door into the hallway where federal agents had been standing just moments before, according to prosecutors.
Three young children and two other adults were in the hotel room with Jordan when he began firing, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Hotel surveillance video shows the other adults and children fleeing the room before Jordan fired at least eight additional rounds through the connecting doors to the adjacent hotel room, in the direction where officers had previously been positioned in the hallway, according to prosecutors. In all, Jordan discharged his firearm at least 11 times in the direction he believed law enforcement might be located, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Springfield Police Division SWAT Team responded, and hostage negotiators established communication with Jordan, according to prosecutors. After several hours of negotiation, Jordan surrendered without further incident and was taken into custody, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“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,” U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II said in the release. “Jordan’s actions, coupled with the fact that he was a fugitive who had been charged in a murder that took place outside of a Columbus bar earlier that month, make clear that he poses a significant threat to public safety and should remain in custody for a significant period of time.”
At the time of the hotel shooting, Jordan was a fugitive with an active arrest warrant for aggravated murder out of Franklin County, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He was charged federally in August 2025 and pleaded guilty in April 2026, according to prosecutors.
The sentence was announced by Gerace; Jason Cromartie, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cincinnati Division; U.S. Marshal Michael D. Black; Springfield Police Chief Allison Elliott; and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth McCormick and Rob Painter represented the United States in the case, according to the release.
This story is based on news releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and the FBI’s Cincinnati Division.
