A man wanted in a child murder case in Miami was arrested Wednesday in Valdosta.
Jarvis Baker-Flanders, 23, of Homestead, Florida, was arrested when he went to the Lowndes County Courthouse to answer a minor local charge, the Valdosta Daily Times reported.
“We received information from the U.S. Marshals Service that he was here,” said Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk.
Baker-Flanders was wanted in connection with a July 25 shooting incident in Miami that left Alana Washington, 7, dead and three other people wounded.
Also arrested Wednesday was another suspect in the shooting, Antonio Robinson, 22, according to the Miami Herald. Robinson was booked into a Miami jail, while Baker-Flanders was booked into a Lowndes County jail.
The victims were returning home from a flea market and were in their car in front of their house when the occupants of a Nissan Altima drove past and opened fire, according to police. The 7-year-old girl died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Surveillance video from the flea market showed the Altima as it followed the victims' car in the market’s parking lot, according to the affidavit.
One of the victims identified the suspect, according to court papers.
Baker-Flanders was convicted in 2015 for robbery carjacking.
Baker-Flanders is charged with second-degree murder with a weapon, attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon, shooting or throwing a deadly missile, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
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