A former boyfriend of Nova Henry has been taken into custody by police investigating the fatal shootings of Henry ex-girlfriend of former Chicago Bull Eddy Curry and her baby daughter, sources said today.

The man, who has not been formally charged in the January slayings, was grabbed by Chicago police without incident Friday night on the citys South Side, sources said.

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An arrest has been made in the killings of Nova Henry and her daughter, Ava Henry. They were found shot to death in the South Loop Jan. 24.
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The break in the high-profile case came after cell-phone records and physical evidence helped link the man to the killings, sources said.

Police confirmed today that a man has been taken into custody in connection with the double murder but they have not confirmed his identity.

Henry, 24, and Curry's daughter, Ava, were found shot to death on Jan. 24 in their Near South Side condo, while Henrys 3-year-old son was found unharmed in the home. Curry, a one-time Bulls star who now plays for the New York Knicks, also is the father of the boy.

Henry and her former boyfriend a lawyer who had represented her in a paternity case with Curry had quarreled on the day she was found slain, according to a preliminary report on the shootings.

A possible cause of the dispute is that her ex-boyfriend claimed Henry still owed him money for his legal representation in her dispute with Curry, sources said.

Henrys ex-boyfriend originally was arrested in Michigan City, Ind. a day after the deadly shootings, and charged with trespassing at a hotel. He was questioned extensively by Chicago police at that time, but later released.

Court records indicate Henrys ex-boyfriend had once choked her and also had threatened to shoot a family member.