2 men charged in 1993 killing of Bridgeport diner custodian

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut police possess arrested two men in connection with the deadly shooting of a 77-one year-conventional restaurant custodian whose killing had long gone unsolved for 27 years.

Bridgeport police said Danarius Dukes used to be apprehended Thursday in Stamford, and authorities announced Friday that Scuttle Brown, also continuously called Eric Brown, also used to be taken into custody.

Dukes, 44, used to be charged with murder and criminal murder, and Brown, 46, used to be charged with criminal murder within the 1993 killing of Theodore “Teddy” Edwards at the Duchess restaurant on Boston Avenue, the Connecticut Put up reported.

“It’s taken 27 years but I’m joyful now we possess within the terminate been ready to bring some sense of closure to Mr. Edward’s family,” Bridgeport police Lt. Christopher LaMaine said.

A offer person learned Edwards on a floor of the restaurant in a pool of blood within the early morning hours of Dec. 6, 1993. Police said there had been stories that he used to be killed when four men robbed the diner. The robbers made off with as much as $2,000 after forcing delivery a safe, officers said.

Police did no longer notify what original recordsdata acknowledged Dukes and Brown.

Dukes, who previously served extra than 20 years in penal complex for an unrelated shooting, used to be arrested after entering correct into a automobile accident in Stamford and responding officers learned there used to be a warrant for his arrest within the 1993 killing. Police speak Dukes shot Edwards within the highest and chest.

Dukes is being held on $2 million bail and Brown is detained on $1 million bail. Court docket arraignments are scheduled for Monday. It’s no longer clear if they’ve attorneys who could presumably respond to the allegations.

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