Suspect arrested after woman is shot and killed in front of hotel in Chelsea, Massachusetts
CHELSEA - A man was arrested Friday after police said he shot and killed his estranged wife in the crosswalk of a busy intersection in Chelsea, Massachusetts that morning.
It happened at around 8:45 a.m. at the corner of Marginal Street and Central Avenue in front of the Marriott Suites Hotel.
Suspect arrested
Chelsea Police said the shooter, a man possibly in his 30s, quickly fled the scene and then got into a nearby car. The woman was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she died. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office has since identified her as 32-year-old Melissa Janvier Pablo of Chelsea.
Luckenson King Pablo, 31, of Chelsea, was arrested at an apartment building in Everett later that morning. The Suffolk County DA said he was Melissa Janvier Pablo's husband.
"She wasn't alone because she was with the person that shot her," said Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden.
Investigation in "very early stages"
"This continues to be an ongoing investigation in its very early stages. We can say that based on the information that we have available to us that we have no reason to believe that other members of the public need to be concerned for their welfare and safety and as we do in every case, we are working hard from the very beginning and will do everything we can to bring the person responsible for this shooting and this murder to justice," Hayden told reporters.
"It obviously affects family members and people that are close to that individual but it affects our entire community. Shootings and homicides tear at the very fabric of our community."
The suspect is set to be arraigned on Monday in Chelsea District Court.
