BYRAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. â The 16-year-old boy allegedly involved in the murder of a Fort Drum soldier in December is accused of pointing a gun at the victimâs head while he and another soldier drove him more than four hours to a wooded area in northern New Jersey before the victim was shot in the head.
The teen and another Fort Drum soldier, Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, are accused of abducting Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, in Glen Park and driving him some 270 miles in the corporalâs 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to Byram Township, N.J., after the soldiers had apparently argued about swapping vehicles.
By CRAIG FOX | Watertown Daily Times | Published: April 29, 2021 BYRAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Tribune News Service) The 16-year-old boy allegedly involved in the slaying of a Fort Drum soldier in December is accused of pointing a gun at the victim s head while he and another soldier drove him more than four hours to a wooded area in northern New Jersey before the victim was shot in the head. The teen and another Fort Drum soldier, Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, are accused of abducting Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, in Glen Park and driving him some 270 miles in the corporal s 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to Byram Township, N.J., after the soldiers had apparently argued about swapping vehicles.