Suspect arrested in Atlanta-area slaying of 2 boys

Thursday, February 10, 2011

photo Gwinnett County Police investigate near the multiple homicide scene in Huntington Falls subdivision near Lawrenceville, Ga. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Two children were killed and their father and their 9-year-old sibling are in the hospital Wednesday night after being either stabbed or shot at their home according to police. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Hyosub Shin)

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Police have identified the victims and suspect in an attack on a suburban Atlanta family that left two young boys dead and two other family members injured.

Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith said Thursday police have arrested 28-year-old Antonio Cardenas-Rico and charged him with two counts of murder. He is being held without bond.

Police say 3-year-old Bradley Garcia and 1-year-old Edward Garcia were found stabbed to death at the home near Lawrenceville. The children's father, 23-year-old Elvis Garcia, and another 3-year-old brother were hospitalized with stab wounds. Smith says the 3-year-olds are twins.

Smith says the family knew Cardenas-Rico but police declined to disclose the nature of their relationship.

Police say the children's mother and an older sister weren't home at the time and were found unhurt.