HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) 鈥 Two more people have been charged in connection with a shooting investigation in Holyoke, Massachusetts, during which a pregnant woman on a bus was hit by gunfire and delivered a baby that later died.
On Monday, Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario, 29, was arraigned on a charge of accessory after the fact 鈥 murder, and her bail was set at $5,000, the Hampden County District Attorney鈥檚 office said in a news release. Her next court date is scheduled for Nov. 17. A phone message seeking comment was left with her attorney.
Jose Galarza, 31, was scheduled to be arraigned on the same charge Tuesday. Attorney information was not immediately available for him, according to the clerk's office of the Holyoke District Court.
Rosado-Rosario and Galarza are accused of helping Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, who was named as a suspect last week and has not been found.
Meanwhile, the woman who was shot is still in the hospital recovering.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 fair,鈥 Selena Santana 鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 doing anything. I wasn鈥檛 running in the streets, I was with my family, running an errand for my oldest son, and to have my baby taken away 鈥 it鈥檚 not fair, it鈥檚 not fair.鈥
A total of five people have been named by prosecutors following the Oct. 4 shooting. Johnluis Sanchez, 30, and Alejandro Ramos, 22, both of Holyoke, were arraigned last week on murder charges. Sanchez was shot during the incident and was hospitalized. They pleaded not guilty.
Police responding to the shooting said it appeared three male suspects were involved in an altercation before gunshots were fired. Santana was shot while seated on a public bus passing through the area and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, investigators said.
The infant was delivered in the hospital but later died.
鈥淲hen I woke up I was in the hospital bed with tube in my throat and the first thing I did was go looking for my stomach and I didn鈥檛 feel him in my stomach,鈥 Santana told the station. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 breathe, I couldn鈥檛 talk because of the tube and I had to write on paper asking, 鈥榃here鈥檚 my son?,鈥 if he was alive.鈥
