Two People From Fishkill Charged With Murder
Police arrested two people in Fishkill and have charged them with First Degree Murder.
The arrest comes after an investigation into a home invasion robbery that ended in homicide. Eric Richard was shot and killed in November at his Waterbury, CT apartment. At the time NBC News said that two individuals attempted to force themselves inside Richard s apartment. As they tried to gain access they fired multiple gunshots into the apartment. Richard reportedly tried to intervene when the suspects allegedly wound up shooting the victim in the chest. The robbers fled the scene and Richard was transported to a local hospital where he eventually died from the gunshot wounds.
Police: Two Charged With Murder Following Waterbury Home Invasion
Police arrested two people in Fishkill and have charged them with First Degree Murder.
The arrest comes after an investigation into a home invasion robbery that ended in homicide. Eric Richard was shot and killed in November at his Waterbury, CT apartment. At the time NBC News said that two individuals attempted to force themselves inside Richard s apartment. As they tried to gain access they fired multiple gunshots into the apartment. Richard reportedly tried to intervene when the suspects allegedly wound up shooting the victim in the chest. The robbers fled the scene and Richard was transported to a local hospital where he eventually died from the gunshot wounds.
WATERBURY Local police have charged two individuals with murder and identified two others including one they say is considered “armed and dangerous” for their alleged involvement in a home invasion robbery in 2020 where a victim was fatally shot. In November 2020, 22-year-old Eric Richard of Waterbury was fatally shot in the chest during a robbery. On May 27, detectives arrested 39-year-old Pedro Santana and 37-year-old Iris Perez, both.
Police said there were two more suspects wanted in connection with Richard s murder.
One of the suspects was identified by officers 18-year-old Julian Lugo-Perez of Waterbury. He is currently being held on unrelated charges in a Pennsylvania prison. and will be extradited back to Connecticut to face charges in connection with the homicide.
Police said they are still looking for a fourth suspect in the murder, who was identified as 35-year-old Carlos Reyes-Pagan (Pegen).
Pagan is also being charged with murder and robbery in the first degree. Police say his address is listed as 112 Southampton Street, Boston but is known to travel to several towns and cities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.