{"id":3811,"date":"2022-01-21T19:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEBtj1VNB7NDkJSJzYFklF5YqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow8dv9CjDw5_UCMO_i1wU"},"modified":"2022-01-21T19:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:48:51","slug":"police-orange-murder-suspect-said-victim-should-have-shot-him-first-ctpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=3811","title":{"rendered":"Police: Orange murder suspect said victim \u2018should have shot him first\u2019 – CTPost"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

MILFORD \u2014 A day after allegedly stealing a handgun and shooting it during a Christmas night marijuana deal, police say a New Haven fired the weapon again \u2014 to kill the man he stole it from.<\/p>\n

The details come from an arrest warrant charging 25-year-old Terrance Allen with murder, criminal possession of a firearm, and tampering with evidence in the fatal 2020 shooting of Joshwua Figueroa<\/a>, 27, at the Town Fair Tire on Boston Post Road in Orange.<\/p>\n

\n

Figueroa was a native of Puerto Rico and lifelong New Haven resident who graduated from Hillhouse High School, according to his obituary.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

According to the warrant, written by Orange Police Detective Jason Menga, multiple witnesses told police that Allen shot Figueroa in the garage of the business before saying \u201cI had no choice\u201d and that Figueroa had pulled a gun on him. He fled the scene but police later arrested him at a Branford hotel.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Allen was working at the business when, according to police, Figueroa went there to confront him about the incident the night before, which occurred on Elliott Street in New Haven.<\/p>\n

A co-worker of Allen\u2019s had acted as intermediary in a deal for Allen to buy marijuana from Figueroa Christmas night, according to the warrant. During the deal, Allen allegedly later told police, Figueroa was passing around a gun, showing it off.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Allen \u201cstated that he needed the gun more than Figueroa needed it, so when the gun was passed to him, he took it and started to walk away,\u201d according to the warrant.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

When Figueroa and Allen\u2019s co-worker yelled after him to give it back, he told police, he fired the gun in their direction and ran away.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

He said he kept the weapon on him while going to work the next morning.<\/p>\n

When Figueroa showed up to the tire shop about 8:45 a.m., Allen told police, he \u201clooked into Figueroa\u2019s eyes\u201d and \u201csaw that he was hesitant to do anything inside the garage, but thought that if they went outside to talk, that Figueroa would shoot him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, he told police, he said he saw Figueroa start to reach for his jacket pocket and \u201cbelieved Figueroa was thinking \u2018I want to do him right now,\u2019\u201d but was mindful of the people and cameras around, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n