At around noon today, our multi-state manhunt for the Montclair-Y shooter ended successfully.

Kenneth Duckett, 37, of Orange, was arrested by members of the United States Marshals New York/New Jersey Fugitive Regional Task Force in an apartment building located at 885 Troy Ave., in Brooklyn. Duckett was arrested without incident and taken to a New York Police Department precinct in the Bronx.

The victim was ultimately identified as 35-year-old Rebecca Lee, of 276 Harrison St., according to Nutley Fire Inspector Lt. David Wilson.

The fire, which was reported to public safety at 5:42 Thursday morning, was contained to the home’s second floor, according to Wilson. It was completely extinguished within 15 minutes of the fire department’s arrival on the scene.

As Nutley units worked at the scene, units from Belleville and Lyndhurst provided backup coverage for the rest of the town, according to Wilson.

The Nutley Fire Department, Nutley Police Department, Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Regional Medical Examiners Office are conducting a full-scale investigation as to the cause of the fire, Wilson said.

About an hour after officials left the scene of the fire, workers could be seen nailing up wooden boards to cover broken windows in the front portion of the home’s second floor. Others were removing items from the home, where there appeared to be minimal damage on the first floor.

From time to time, curious onlookers, who were driving by, would slow down to look at the home. One resident, who asked her last name not be used, said while she didn’t know the victim, she still felt deep pain about the community’s loss.

“I didn’t know her at all, but I wanted to come by to pay respects,” the woman said. “In a small community like this one, when one person suffers, we all suffer. This is a terrible tragedy.”

Loriquet says an autopsy is pending to determine the precise cause of Ms. Lee’s death.

Rogers says police here received a 9-1-1 call about a fire at 276 Harrison St. Both police and fire responded to the scene, and when they did, they found the woman, whose name has not yet been released, dead.

Though the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office’s Arson Squad is investigating the fire, Rogers says he believes there is no reason to believe anything suspicious led to the fire or the victim’s unfortunate death.

We’ll have more as this story continues to develop.

At 6:30 Thursday night, Montclair police officers responded to the YMCA Family Center, at Glenridge Avenue in Montclair, on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, police discovered the body of 31-year-old Monica Paul, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Paul was a resident of Montclair and a member of the YMCA. Her body was discovered at the observation area near the indoor pool.

She is the mother of two children — an 11-year-old girl, who was with her outside the pool and a 4-year-old boy, who was swimming in the pool at the time of the shooting.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are searching for the father of the two children: Kenneth Duckett, 37, of Orange. A vehicle associated with Duckett, a white Jeep, has been recovered in Orange. No suspects have been arrested. Police believe the motive was a domestic dispute and that Duckett had violated a final restraining order for Paul which was issued against him in October 2007.

The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has any information, immediately contact the Essex County Homicide Squad at (973) 621-4586 or the Montclair Police Department at (973) 744-1234.

Duckett is 37, and is approximately 5’9” tall and weighs 150 lbs. His eyes are brown and his hair is black.

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