Man wanted in fatal shooting of woman and infant in a car in Connecticut arrested in Puerto Rico

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Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public Commander Lieutenant Aaron Boisvert holds up a photo of Lance “Macho” Morales during a press conference on November 20, 2024. Hartford Police say they suspect Morales of killing a mother and her four-year-old child on Tuesday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A suspect in the fatal shooting of a woman and her 4-month-old son inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested Saturday in Puerto Rico, officials said.

The U.S. Marshals Service said they found Lance “Macho” Morales at a residence in the barrio of Fajardo. Police believe the 23-year-old Waterbury, Connecticut, resident pulled up alongside a car Tuesday and began firing because of a dispute over a vehicle with a woman in the car, Jessiah Mercado.

Mercado, 20, and her infant son were killed. A man in the car was shot and injured…

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