Newly unsealed court documents reveal a possible motive behind a deadly home invasion in Milford that left a 69-year-old man dead and a woman injured.
Stuar Lopez-Reyes, 25, and Ivan Barias-Florimon, 24, have been arrested in connection with the June 3 home invasion at a home on East Broadway.
According to an arrest warrant for Lopez-Reyes, investigators are looking at whether the attack may have been connected to a dispute involving the woman who survived the shooting.
The 69-year-old woman and her companion, Frederick Werner, were sleeping when two men entered the home through a rear sliding door around 2:56 a.m., according to police. The woman was shot once in the head and survived. Werner was shot multiple times and died from his injuries. Police said the woman was able to call 911 after she was shot and the suspects fled.
The warrant says the woman told investigators she suspected a former employee was somehow involved. She said she had recently fired the employee on suspicion of stealing money from her business.
According to the warrant, Barias-Florimon had a personal connection to the former employee and had previously done landscaping work at the East Broadway home. The former employee told investigators Barias-Florimon knew she had been fired and did not like her former employer.
During an interview, investigators asked the former employee whether she thought Barias-Florimon might feel like he had to stick up for her. The warrant says she became emotional and responded, “Of course I feel that way.”
When asked whether she thought Barias-Florimon was capable of shooting someone, she responded, “Yes, I’m sure,” according to the warrant. When asked why, she said she had the impression he “is in a gang.”
Investigators also obtained text messages between Barias-Florimon and the former employee from the days after she was fired. In one exchange cited in the warrant, Barias-Florimon wrote, “I’ll make her life hell,” referring to the woman who survived the shooting.
Lopez-Reyes, of Bridgeport, was arrested in New Haven on July 31. Barias-Florimon, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested in New York City on Aug. 4.
Both men have been charged with murder, murder in commission of a felony, home invasion, and assault in the first degree of an elderly victim.
Newly unsealed court documents reveal a possible motive behind a deadly home invasion in Milford that left a 69-year-old man dead and a woman injured.
Stuar Lopez-Reyes, 25, and Ivan Barias-Florimon, 24, have been arrested in connection with the June 3 home invasion at a home on East Broadway.
According to an arrest warrant for Lopez-Reyes, investigators are looking at whether the attack may have been connected to a dispute involving the woman who survived the shooting.
The 69-year-old woman and her companion, Frederick Werner, were sleeping when two men entered the home through a rear sliding door around 2:56 a.m., according to police. The woman was shot once in the head and survived. Werner was shot multiple times and died from his injuries. Police said the woman was able to call 911 after she was shot and the suspects fled.
The warrant says the woman told investigators she suspected a former employee was somehow involved. She said she had recently fired the employee on suspicion of stealing money from her business.
According to the warrant, Barias-Florimon had a personal connection to the former employee and had previously done landscaping work at the East Broadway home. The former employee told investigators Barias-Florimon knew she had been fired and did not like her former employer.
During an interview, investigators asked the former employee whether she thought Barias-Florimon might feel like he had to stick up for her. The warrant says she became emotional and responded, "Of course I feel that way."
When asked whether she thought Barias-Florimon was capable of shooting someone, she responded, "Yes, I'm sure," according to the warrant. When asked why, she said she had the impression he "is in a gang."
Investigators also obtained text messages between Barias-Florimon and the former employee from the days after she was fired. In one exchange cited in the warrant, Barias-Florimon wrote, "I'll make her life hell," referring to the woman who survived the shooting.
Lopez-Reyes, of Bridgeport, was arrested in New Haven on July 31. Barias-Florimon, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested in New York City on Aug. 4.
Both men have been charged with murder, murder in commission of a felony, home invasion, and assault in the first degree of an elderly victim.
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