February 8, 2012
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Middletown homicide was not random act, officials say
MIDDLETOWN – The shooting death of Arthur Twyman, 54, on Cottage Street Sunday night appears not to have been a random act, Mayor Joseph DeStefano said Tuesday.
The mayor said Police Chief Raymond Bethencourt believes Twyman, a level three sex offender, may have been targeted when he was shot dead near St. Joseph’s Church and School, not far from where he lived.
DeStefano shares the concerns of city residents.
“I have received from the public outraged that a level three sex offender was living next door to a church and religious school as of last year, a school,” he said.
The mayor he will contact the state Division of Parole and state legislators to find an answer to the question, “how did this happen?”
DeStefano said the police department has a person of interest in mind in connection with the homicide, the first one in Middletown this year.
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