Police say on Sunday, September 15th at approximately 4:25 a.m., the Harrison Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian struck in the area of Harrison Avenue and Frank Rodgers Boulevard.
Responding officers found the lifeless body of a male lying next to a GMC Yukon that had impacted a pole and landed on the sidewalk in the area of 402 Harrison Avenue in Harrison.
The male, later identified as Shadi Miles, 31, of Newark, was found with an apparent gunshot wound to his torso.
Medics pronounced him dead at the scene at approximately 4:55 a.m.
The cause and manner of death are pending an investigation by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
The preliminary investigation found that a second male had also been shot.
The second male has been identified as Joseph Bossie, 19, of East Orange.
Investigators believe that Miles and Bossie were traveling in the same GMC Yukon that crashed into the pole.
The investigation found that Bossie fled from the Yukon and subsequently, in the area of Warren Street, he forcibly robbed an individual of his bicycle and pistol whipped him.
Bossie then managed to get himself to University Hospital in Newark where he received treatment for apparent gunshot wounds to his face and a lower extremity.
Bossie has been charged with Armed Robbery in violation of N.J.S. 2C:15-1, a first-degree crime; Possession of a Weapon (Handgun) for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39- 4, a second-degree crime; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Handgun) in violation of N.J.S. 39-5, a second-degree crime.
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Harrison Police Department with the arrest.
The Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit is actively investigating this case with assistance from the Harrison Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/ .
All information will be kept confidential.
The above charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).