Haverhill Police report a fourth man was charged in connection in connection to what appears to have been a near-miss gunshot assault on a 71-year-old man Thursday morning in downtown Haverhill.
Police report 23-year-old Juan Figuerao, of Washington St., Haverhill, was charged with three counts of assault to murder, armed; three counts of malicious damage to a motor vehicle; possessing a firearm without license, carrying a firearm without license; intentional and reckless discharge of a gun; and disorderly conduct.
The case earlier brought the arrests of three Haverhill men—two 18-year-olds and a 25-year-old—following the shooting incident that began Thursday, around 11:30 a.m., in the area of Emerson and Welcome Streets.
In an initial statement, as WHAV previously reported, acting Haverhill Deputy Police Chief Meaghan Paré said officers arrested Riley Quinn and Timothy Mossey, both 18 and of the same address on Orchard Street, and Richard Santana, 25, of Arlington St. An arrest log shows they face similar charges as Figuerao plus multiple counts of possession of a large capacity firearm, conspiracy and other charges.
They are all expected to be arraigned in Haverhill District Court today.
The arrest of a fourth man is consistent with observations made by a man who said he believes he was the intended target. The senior man told photographer Al Pereira he was returning home from his workout at the YMCA when several men walked past him while he was sitting in his car.
“When they got to the corner of Murray Court there, they start opening up fire, but you see they got in a little bit because the first bullet the fired came right through my driver’s window,” he said.
The man, whose name is being withheld by WHAV for the time being, said he initially saw two young men walking up the street, one wearing a ski mask on, all dressed in black. “I thought it was odd. I kept my eye on them,” he said. They were joined by two more men near an apartment building and all four turned around and began walking toward Murray Court where the man was sitting in his car.
Besides firearms and assault charges, police said, additional charges may be filed. They said the incident “appears to be isolated, and there is no indication of an ongoing threat to the public.”