Man Wanted For Edison Murder Surrenders: Prosecutor

EDISON, NJ — A man wanted on murder charges in Edison surrendered Wednesday morning, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said.

Andrew Harriot, also known as "Drew Cash," 26, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township, turned himself in at the county courthouse around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Carey said. He had originally agreed to surrender on Sunday, but failed to do so, Carey said. Harriot is charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder.

He is being held at the Middlsex County Adult Corrections Center, with a detention hearing scheduled for this Friday.

The murder happened during the early-morning hours of March 23, outside a reggae event at the Akbar Resturaunt in south Edison. Nahshon Brown, 31, was killed, and another man, a 40-year-old from Newark, was seriously injured when he was shot in the head. Harriot is accused of firing the gun that struck both men, Carey said.

"These shootings are tragic and upsetting, to me and to residents of our community. I am confident that Edison's well-trained Police Department, working in conjunction with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, can and will bring to justice the person or persons responsible," Edison Mayor Thomas Lankey said the day of the shooting.

The investigation remains open and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Long at (732) 248-7531, or Detective Connelly at (732) 745-3254.