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Police in Massachusetts have launched a manhunt for an “armed and dangerous” suspect linked to the double homicide of a mom and her 11-year-old daughter in broad daylight.

Dejan Belnavis, 27, is being sought by the Worcester Police Department in connection to the killing of Chastity Nunez and her daughter Zella on Tuesday.

“Belnavis is to be considered armed and dangerous,” police wrote in a needed poster after metropolis officers decried the violence as “senseless.”

Worcester Police say they have been dispatched to the world of Lisbon St at Englewood Ave on Tuesday round 3 p.m. after receiving a report of gunshots.

1 DEAD, 3 INJURED IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS SHOOTING

Dejan Belnavis, 27, is “to be considered armed and dangerous,” the Worcester Police Division mentioned. (Worcester Police Division)

“Upon arrival, officers located a parked vehicle with two female gunshot victims inside,” they added. “The victims were identified as a mother and her daughter, and they were both pronounced deceased at the hospital.”

Police mentioned in courtroom paperwork that surveillance video exhibits “the victims parked in their vehicle and that two people walk up to the vehicle and start shooting,” the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported. Video additionally confirmed a automobile according to a witness description circling the world earlier than the taking pictures and leaving afterward, the paperwork mentioned. The car was later present in Hartford, Connecticut.

Police mentioned Thursday {that a} second suspect linked to the murder, 28-year-old Karel Mangual, was arrested final night time.

“He is charged with Armed Assault to Murder and Carrying a Firearm without a License,” in line with Worcester Police. “He also had a preexisting arrest warrant. He will be arraigned in court.”

2 TEENS KILLED IN REPORTEDLY ‘TARGETED’ MASSACHUSETTS SHOOTING, POLICE SAY

The Worcester Police Division says the 2 gunshot victims have been discovered inside a parked car on Tuesday afternoon. (Worcester Police Division)

Belnavis, who’s being sought on the identical expenses, is described as being 5-feet 11 inches tall and weighing 160 kilos, with black hair and brown eyes.

Authorities didn’t instantly launch a possible motive for the killings. It additionally wasn’t launched whether or not there was any relationship between the lads and the victims.

“Today we mourn the senseless loss of two Worcester residents, a mother and daughter whose lives were taken far too soon and far too tragically,” town’s mayor, metropolis supervisor, police chief and faculty district superintendent mentioned in a joint assertion.

“Collectively, we ask for patience and privacy on behalf of the victims’ family and friends and for the Worcester Public Schools who are grieving the loss of a student. An act of such violence has no place in our city.”