QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man is accused of killing his mother and brother, whose body was found in a garbage bag in Queens last month, police said Wednesday.

Roscoe Danielson, 40, has been charged with two counts of murder after authorities deemed the incidents a homicide, according to the NYPD.

Authorities found Kyle Danielson, 31, stuffed in a garbage bag with a puncture wound to the back on 104th Street just before 2 p.m. on July 5, police said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The following day, Danielson’s 58-year-old mother was found unconscious with bodily trauma in a home on 104th Street, police said. The mother, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Roscoe Danielson was also charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, concealment of a human corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and a slew of other offenses in connection with the deaths, police said.

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