Warrant: Argument over paintballs shot at vehicle led to fatal Waterbury shooting
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Hector Morales, 27, of WaterburyContributed / Waterbury Police Department
WATERBURY — Police have charged a second man in the fatal shooting of Luiz Vasquez last October, alleging he handed the triggerman a gun as Vasquez tried to flee the scene by car.
City police said 27-year-old Hector Morales, a Waterbury resident, was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and illegal transfer of a pistol in connection with the Oct. 7 shooting.
That day, police were called to Walnut Avenue after a report of a shooting around 6:42 p.m., where first responders found Vasquez dead behind the wheel of a Kia Optima that had been struck by gunfire. The car had crashed into a fire hydrant and parked car, suffering “extensive front end damage,” and deploying the car’s airbags, police spokeswoman Sgt. Nadine Amatruda said.