A 28-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting deaths of a 1-year-old boy and his uncle in New Jersey last month.
Two other people were wounded in the shooting that claimed the lives of little Marcus Milien and his 21-year-old uncle, Morlens Milice, on Cleveland Avenue in Orange Nov. 3.
Prosecutors said Saturday that Stevenson Valentin, of Maplewood, was taken into custody after a traffic stop in Newark. The officers who stopped him determined he was wanted in the slayings and apprehended him.
Stevenson is charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon, aggravated assault and other crimes in connection with the shooting. The dead 1-year-old's father and a 15-year-old boy survived.
Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive.
Stevenson is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark in lieu of $1 million bail. Information on an attorney for him wasn't immediately available. His relationship to the victims wasn't immediately clear.