Fort Drum soldier to be charged with murder in death of fellow soldier (reports)
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
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A Fort Drum soldier will be charged with murder in the shooting death of a fellow soldier, according to multiple reports.
U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found dead Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, N.J., after being reported missing. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said Sunday that another soldier was being held in Upstate New York where he is awaiting an extradition hearing to New Jersey.
CBS reports the other soldier has been identified as Jamaal Mellish, who was also stationed at Fort Drum.
By GEOFF HERBERT | syracuse.com | Published: December 21, 2020 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) A Fort Drum soldier will be charged with murder in the shooting death of a fellow soldier, according to multiple reports. U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found dead Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, N.J., after being reported missing. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said Sunday that another soldier was being held in Upstate New York where he is awaiting an extradition hearing to New Jersey. CBS reports the other soldier has been identified as Jamaal Mellish, who was also stationed at Fort Drum.
FORT DRUM â An argument between two Fort Drum soldiers swapping their vehicles with each other apparently led to one of them being shot to death in a wooded area in northern New Jersey.
First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald that the body of Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, was found on Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, Sussex County, N.J., and a fellow soldier was taken into custody in connection with his death.Â
Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, remains in the custody of Fort Drum Military Police.
Cpl. Harris was meeting with Mellish âfor some type of vehicle exchangeâ in Watertown when the meeting escalated, according to the New Jersey newspaper.