Arrest made in fatal weekend shooting of Roselle man in Rahway
RAHWAY – A 31-year-old city man has been arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of a Roselle man here on Saturday.
Brandan Melford was charged with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose in the death of 44-year-old Jack Harris, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Rahway police responded about 12:39 p.m. Saturday to the 1400 block of Witherspoon Street on a report of gunshots, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Desimone, who is prosecuting the case. Arriving officers located Harris, who had been shot, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Desimone said.
An investigation led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by the Rahway Police Department, the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit and the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit identified Melford as the suspect and led to his arrest Monday night in Newark, the prosecutor’s office said.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Detective Patrick Bradley at 908-418-2187 or Rahway Police Department Detective Sidra Colvin at 732-827-2200.
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