Man Wanted in Fatal Shooting of Woman and Infant in Car in Connecticut Arrested in Puerto Rico

Man Wanted in Fatal Shooting of Woman and Infant in Car in Connecticut Arrested in Puerto Rico
A police car in Rincon, Puerto Rico, on July 24, 2021. Jinitzail Hernandez/Shutterstock
The Associated Press
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HARTFORD, Conn.—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.