Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department said that a man from Franklin Township surrendered this morning in the fatal shooting of a Newark man, and the shooting of another man in the early morning hours of March 23.
Police say, Mr. Andrew Harriot, “aka” Drew Cash, 26, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, turned himself in to authorities at the Middlesex County Courthouse today at approximately 11:00 am.
Police charged Harriot with is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the first degree.
The charges were filed following an investigation by Detective Loren Long of the Edison Police Department and Detective Michael Connelly of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
According to a statement released by police, it was determined that at approximately 1:56 am outside the Akbar Restaurant located on Cortland Street in Edison, Harriot fired the gun which killed Nahshon Brown, 31, of Newark, and critically
injured another 40-year-old man from Newark.
The investigation is active and is continuing according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Long at (732) 248-7531, or Detective Connelly at (732) 745-3254.
Police say Harriot will be held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center pending a Detention Hearing scheduled for April 5, 2019.
As is the case with all criminal defendants, the charges against Harriot are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.