Law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced two additional arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into a shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts earlier this month that claimed the life of an infant that was delivered after gunfire struck its mother.
31-year-old Jose Galarza and 29-year-old Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario are facing a charge of accessory after the fact of murder in connection with a shooting that happened in the area of Sargeant Street just after 12:30 p.m. on October 4, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.
Rosado-Rosario was arraigned Monday in Holyoke District Court, where her bail was set at $5,000. Galarza is slated to appear in court on Tuesday.
Galarza and Rosado-Rosario are accused of assisting Kermith Alvarez in hiding from authorities since the shooting. Alvarez remains at large.
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“Alvarez is actively avoiding law enforcement,” the DA’s office said in a statement last week. “The firearm used in this incident has not been recovered, and he should be considered armed and dangerous.”
22-year-old Alejandro Ramos and 30-year-old Johnluis Sanchez have been charged with murder in the shooting.
The shooting sent at least one round flying into a public transportation bus, where a pregnant woman was seated, the DA’s office said.
The woman, who continues to recover, was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The infant, who was delivered, needed life-saving medical services and tragically passed away.
Anyone with information on Alvarez’s whereabouts is urged to contact state police detectives at 413-505-5993 or troopers assigned to the department’s fugitive section at 1-800-527-8873.
Rosado-Rosario is due back in court on November 17.
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