Fairfield shooting: Police arrest Tyrone Malcolm after one is killed and another is injured at the Ramada Inn in New Jersey

FAIRFIELD, N.J. (WABC) — Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting at a Ramada Inn in Fairfield, New Jersey.

Essex County officials announced the arrest of 39-year-old Tyrone Malcolm of Middletown, New York, for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Mohammed Sahariar and the attempted murder of a second man.

The video in the media player above is from a previous report.

They say Sahariar and the second victim were working at the Ramada Inn on Two Bridges Road last Friday when they were shot shortly before 12:30 p.m

Sahariar was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:35 p.m. and his colleague was taken to a nearby hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

An investigation by the Fairfield Police Department and the Essex County Homicide Task Force led to the identification of the suspect.

Malcolm was subsequently taken into custody Wednesday by members of the U.S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force and Essex County investigators at a residence in Middletown.

Malcom has been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and is being held in New York pending extradition to New Jersey.

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