A man wanted in connection with a fatal home invasion in a Connecticut shoreline community has been taken into custody in New York after a two-month manhunt led by federal authorities.
The U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force said Tuesday that 24-year-old Ivan Barias-Florimon was arrested in the Bronx. Investigators had identified him last week as the second suspect in the June 3 shooting death of 69-year-old Frederick Raymond Werner.
Authorities say Werner and his wife were shot inside their Milford, Connecticut, home after Barias-Florimon and another suspect, 25-year-old Stuar Lopez-Reyes, allegedly forced their way into the couple’s East Broadway residence and opened fire.
Frederick Werner, 69, was killed during an alleged home invasion at his Milford, Connecticut, home on June 3. (Getty Images: miroslav_1, and Prospect Memorial and Cremation Services)
Werner’s wife suffered a gunshot wound to the head and remains hospitalized as she continues her recovery, according to FOX61.
Barias-Florimon now faces multiple charges, including:
U.S. Marshals assisted in the arrest of Ivan Barias-Florimon in the Milford home invasion case. (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
READ MORE: George Clooney’s Children: Their Ages and Rural Upbringing
Milford Police said the attack was not a “random act of violence” and may have been targeted.
U.S. Marshals, along with Milford and New Haven police, arrested Lopez-Reyes on Thursday in connection to the crime.
An obituary for Werner said “Fred embraced life to the fullest. He loved spending time on the golf course, boating on the water, relaxing by his pool, and soaking up the sunshine. The ocean was one of his favorite places, where he found peace and happiness.”
Two people walk along the beach at Walnut Beach at Milford. (Arnold Gold/Connecticut Post via Getty Images)
New York Criminal Court records indicate Barias-Florimon was arraigned Tuesday, when a judge ordered that he be remanded without bail. He is due back in court Aug. 18.
As for Lopez-Reyes, he is being held in a Bridgeport, Connecticut, jail cell on a $3 million bond and is due to appear in court on Aug. 11.
Werner is survived by his wife, his sister, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
The investigation into the case is ongoing.
