Man arrested for Edgewood Park murder

Updated: Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 7:15 PM EDT

New Haven (WTNH) - A man formerly of New Haven has been arrested for the June 12, 2007 murder of Tyler Coward, 20.

Coward  was shot in Edgewood Park in New Haven.

Jose Fuentes Pillich, 24, was arrested and charged with murder and carrying a pistol without a permit.

Pillich is currently being held in a correctional facility in Pennsylvania and will be extradited to New Haven. He is being held on $3 million bond.

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