New Jersey Man Arrested in Shooting Deaths of 1-Year-Old Boy, Child's Uncle

Two other people -- the father of the child and a 15-year-old boy -- were wounded in the Nov. 3 gunfire

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. 

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