Fourth, final suspect charged in fatal shooting outside Waterbury courthouse

Police have arrested the fourth and final suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a man as he left Waterbury Superior Court alongside his young child in March.Tory Keith, 34, of Meriden was charged Wednesday with murder and conspiracy at murder in the March 21 death of 26-year-old Jarron Chapman, according to Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department.Bessette said in a statement that Keith was located at his residence and taken into custody by Waterbury detectives with assistance of the U.S. Marshals Task Force. He was held on $5 million bond and was expected to be arraigned Thursday in Waterbury Superior Court.Keith was also charged in connection with multiple warrants for failure to appear in court on unrelated pending cases.His arrest marked the fourth suspect to be charged in connection with Chapman’s death. Bessette said Thursday that investigators do not anticipate any additional arrests.Those previously charged include 26-year-old Nicholas Chiapponi of Glastonbury, 21-year-old Deera Nelson and 29-year-old Dante Howell, both of Meriden. They each face charges of murder and conspiracy at murder.Nelson has also been charged with hindering prosecution, and Howell faces multiple firearm charges.According to police, officers responded to the courthouse, located at 400 Grand St., just after 11:40 a.m. on the report of shots fired and found Chapman suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.The attorney who had been representing Chapman in connection with his pending cases, Ioannis Kaloidis, previously told The Courant that Chapman was gunned down just moments after he appeared before a judge. Kaloidis said he shook hands with him and told him he would see him at his next court appearance moments before judicial marshals stormed into the courtroom and locked down the facility.According to Kaloidis, Chapman was shot in front of his 2-year-old daughter and a woman he was with — neither of whom were injured — by an individual who drove up on a motorcycle and approached him before gunshots rang out. The shooter then got back onto the bike fled the area.Though police have not released a motive in the killing, Kaloidis said it was obvious that his client was targeted and that the gunman knew he would be coming out of court at the time.Kaloidis also went on to say none of Chapman’s cases could explain why someone would want him killed, as he was not being asked to testify against anyone.Court records indicate one of Chapman’s three cases was a violation of probation and the others involved threatening, assault, firearm and drug charges.

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