Thursday, December 05, 2024

20-YEAR OLD MOTHER AND 4-MONTH OLD SON CHASED DOWN AND SHOT TO DEATH

By Bob Walsh



Lance "Macho" Benuet Morales, 23, will be charged with two counts of murder, first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault and murder with special circumstances. (Hartford Police Department)


The original crime happened earlier in November in Connecticut.  The cops had reason to believe that Lance Benuet Morales, 25, had shot up the vehicle in which the two were traveling back on November 19.  A third, unnamed individual was injured but not killed.  The shooting is not believed to have been random.

The cops started looking for Morales pretty promptly and he was arrested in Puerto Rico by the U. S. Marshalls.  The shooting was believed to have been a "personal dispute" between Morales and the dead woman, Jessiah Mercado.  It was a car to car shooting and it is not known, or at least not said, whether or not the child was collateral damage or also a target.  Morales is awaiting extradition.  Once he gets back to CT he will be in need of a $3 million bond to get out.

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