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The man accused of fatally shooting a 1-year-old girl and her mother in rural McLennan County on Sunday was arrested Tuesday for his involvement in the double homicide, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said.

Christopher Paul Weiss, 26, of Temple, was arrested by Temple police and McLennan County Sheriff’s Office deputies late Tuesday afternoon for the shooting deaths of Valarie Martinez, 24, and her young daughter, Azariah. Weiss, whom the sheriff said is believed to be Azariah’s father, was arrested during a traffic stop when he and his wife were traveling in downtown Temple.

“This is going to be a capital murder offense,” McNamara said. “He is married to another woman and she was in the car with him during the traffic stop. He has two other children with (his wife), too.”

Deputies were called to McLennan County Park 3, near Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir, on Sunday after the body of Martinez was discovered outside her car, near the waterfront. McNamara said Martinez’s daughter was found shot to death while she was still buckled into a car seat in the car.