December 20, 2023 -Springfield- A Hampden County Grand Jury has returned indictments charging Alejandro Ramos, John Luis Sanchez, and Kermith Alvarez with the murder of an infant in a shooting in Holyoke on October 4, 2023. The indictments will now send the case to Hampden Superior Court where the alleged suspects will be tried. Along with these three suspects, both Jose Galarza and Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario  have also been indicted on charges of, accessory after the fact – murder, for their alleged efforts in assisting Kermith Alvarez after the shooting.

On November 6, 2023 Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, was arraigned on a charge of murder, and is currently being held without the right to bail .

On October 6, 2023 Johnluis Sanchez, 30, of Holyoke, was arraigned in Holyoke District Court for his suspected involvement in the October 4, 2023 shooting. His bail was revoked on an open firearms case out of Holyoke District Court, and held without the right to bail on a charge of murder.

 On October 5, 2023, Alejandro Ramos, 22, of Holyoke, was arraigned on a charge of murder in Holyoke District Court for his suspected involvement in the shooting. He is being held without the right to bail.

On October 16, 2023 Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario, 29, of Holyoke was arraigned on a charge of accessory after the fact – murder. Bail was set at $5,000.

On October 16, 2023 Jose Galarza, 31, of Holyoke, was arraigned on a charge of, accessory after the fact – murder, Bail was set at $25,000

On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 12:38 p.m. members of the Holyoke Police Department responded to a reported shooting in the 100 block of Sargeant Street.

It appears three male suspects were involved in an altercation, during which a shooting occurred. It is believed one of the rounds from that altercation struck a public transportation bus and an uninvolved female occupant, who was seated in the bus.

This victim, who was pregnant, was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The infant who needed life-saving medical services, was delivered, tragically passed away.

This incident remains under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office and the Holyoke Police Department.