MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (AP) - A man who was injured in a shooting that killed his wife earlier this week was charged with her murder Friday, along with a Massachusetts woman who authorities said also was at the scene.
Kashif Parvaiz suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the attack in Boonton, New Jersey, that killed his 27-year-old wife, Nazish Noorani. Both were of Pakistani descent. They were walking with their 3-year-old son to a relative's house when shots rang out Tuesday night.
Parvaiz and 26-year-old Antoinette Stephen, of Billerica, Massachusetts, both face charges of murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses. He also faces child-endangerment charges.
According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi, Parvaiz' initial accounts of the attack were inconsistent and immediately raised suspicions. Parvaiz had told investigators the couple was attacked by a different combination of black and white males who shouted ethnic slurs including calling them "terrorists," authorities said.
Bianchi wouldn't say who pulled the trigger.
The affidavit quotes a text message from Noorani to her brother in which she wrote "Someday u will find me dead but its cuz of kashi ... He wants to kill me."
Bianchi said Friday that Parvaiz, who has been in the hospital, was arrested "a few days ago." Stephen was arrested Thursday night in Massachusetts
Parvaiz was being held on $1 million bail, while Stephen was awaiting extradition and being held on $5 million bail.