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Woman owed man $400 for SUV when she and her baby were killed in Connecticut, police say

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A man charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman and her 4-month-old baby in Connecticut was ordered held on $5 million bail Monday, as a newly released arrest warrant alleged the woman owed him $400 in rent for the use of his SUV.

Lance “Macho” Morales, 23, made his first appearance in state court in Hartford in the Nov. 19 killings of Jessiah Mercado, 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and her son, Messiah Diaz. A third person was shot but survived, and a fourth person in the vehicle was not injured.

https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-shooting-mother-baby-killed-49edeca35620688f74f90cb9ace0f252

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