WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - A man who is facing criminal charges in connection with a shooting in Worcester that left a mother and her 11-year-old daughter dead has been arrested in San Diego, California, police said.
Twenty-seven-year-old Dejan Belnavis has been arrested on charges of armed assault with intent to murder and possessing a firearm without a license in connection with the shooting of Chasity and Zella Nunez following a traffic stop.
Authorities references tracking technology that tracked Belnavis to a neighborhood near the San Diego Zoo.
In a statement, Worcester Police Chief Paul Saucier wrote, “I would like to thank our officers who worked tirelessly on this case, the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and the Massachusetts State Police, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts Brian Kyes and the United States Marshals of Massachusetts, the San Diego Police Department, the Hartford Police Department, the District of Rhode Island United States Marshals, the District of Maine United States Marshals, and the District of Maine Fugitive Task Force, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.”
Karel Mangual, 28, was arraigned in Worcester District Court on charges of armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license in connection with the shooting
No additional information was immediately available.
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