US army soldier found fatally shot in New Jersey wooded area, another soldier held
Authorities today are holding a U.S. Army soldier in the death of a fellow soldier from Tennessee who was found shot to death in a wooded area of Byram Township after he was missing from a base in upstate New York.
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Dec 21, 2020, 4:36 PM
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2h agoAuthorities today are holding a U.S. Army soldier in the death of a fellow soldier from Tennessee who was found shot to death in a wooded area of Byram Township after he was missing from a base in upstate New York.
Authorities found the body of Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, on Saturday.
The Army says the resident of Guys, Tennessee, was last heard from Thursday night after he headed from Fort Drum to Watertown, New York, for a vehicle transaction.
Harris was meeting fellow soldier, Jamaal Mellish, for “some type of vehicle exchange,” First Assistant Sussex County Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said. Authorities believe Mellish “abducted” Harris and killed him, Mueller said.
Mellish, 23, was held in New York and charges were pending. It wasn't immediately known whether Mellish had a lawyer.
Harris, an infantryman with the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, before he joined the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in July 2019.
“His death is a tremendous loss for his loved ones, this division and our nation,” Brigadier Gen. Brett Funck, acting commander for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division, said in a statement.
Harris was promoted from specialist to corporal following his death.
Fort Drum is located near the Canadian border, around 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Syracuse.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.
