Girlfriend of Victor Nieves, shooter in Springfield murder

Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni puts on crime scene booties on the portch at 174 Berkshire Ave. in Springfield, the scene of a shooting with multiple victims. (Don Treeger / The Republican) 8/14/2023

SPRINGFIELD — Monica Sanchez, the live-in girlfriend of mass shooter Victor Nieves, was arrested Wednesday and charged with improper storage of weapons and ammunition used in a horrific double murder-suicide on Aug. 14 that took the life of a grandmother and a 10-year-old girl.

Sanchez, 32, was charged with eight counts of improper storage of a weapon and one count of illegal possession of a large capacity magazine, according to court records.

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