By Associated Press - Wednesday, December 28, 2016

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A Waterbury man has been charged with murder after police found a body in an apartment above a bar.

Waterbury Police say they found the body of 59-year-old Luis Rodriguez Tuesday afternoon in the bathroom shower stall of his apartment on East Main Street in Waterbury, suffering from significant head trauma.

Police said on Wednesday that 43-year-old Irving Duggans has been charged with murder.



They say the two men were involved in a dispute that escalated to a physical altercation.

Officers went to the residence after firefighters were called there to deal with a possible water leak from a second-floor apartment.

It’s unclear if Duggans is represented by an attorney who could comment on his behalf.

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