National Guard Member And Tween Daughter Fatally Shot, 1 Suspect On The Lam

Authorities in Massachusetts are searching for a second suspect in the deaths of a National Guard member and her 11-year-old daughter who were fatally shot inside their vehicle on Tuesday, Worcester police announced.

Karel Mangual, 28, was arrested in connection to the death of Chasity Nunez, 27, and her daughter Zella, both of whom were found inside their parked SUV with serious gunshot wounds, police announced. The two were immediately taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Mangual is charged with armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license, police said. According to a separate release, another suspect, Dejan Belnavis, 27, was also involved in the incident but is on the run and should be considered armed and dangerous.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by HuffPost, surveillance footage showed two people who police believe to be Belnavis and Mangual walking up to Nunez’s car and firing multiple shots at the mother and daughter before running away.

Nunez had “numerous gunshot wounds throughout her body” and her daughter in the passenger seat was not breathing, the document stated. One witness told investigators they saw the suspects drive off in a white sedan following the incident.

Police were able to locate the vehicle’s registered owner, but the owner told officers that he had let Belnavis, who is his girlfriend’s son, borrow the car for the past year, according to the complaint. The vehicle was soon located in Hartford, Connecticut, where police said Belnavis may have relatives.

A spokesperson for the Connecticut National Guard told HuffPost that Nunez was a decorated patient administration specialist of the 142nd Medical Company. She served in the military for four