Man Who Shot Freehold Woman On Highway Found Guilty Of Murder

FREEHOLD, NJ — A man who shot a Freehold woman between moving cars in May 2018 was found guilty of all charges on Tuesday Morning.

Then 34-year-old Kader Mustafa, from Hightstown, was charged with one count of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and two counts of endangering another person.

The woman was 24-year-old Sciasia Calhoun, who was driving with her boyfriend and one-year-old baby in the car. She was a complete stranger to Mustafa.

Mustafa had been abusing Adderal and was reportedly acting "delusional," according to statements made in trial last week during closing arguments.

"He was feeling prosecuted. He thought he was being stalked, (...) that people were conspiring against him," defense attorney Jack Venturi said.

Mustafa had aluminum foil wrapped around him in the form of a blanket and headwear on the night of the incident, according to evidence.

"He consciously decided (...) that he was going to shoot the person who had the temerity to flash their lights in his rearview mirror," Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor John Loughrey said. "If he wanted to scare them, he could have. But that's not what he wanted to do. He wanted to kill the person that he felt deserve it on that night."

Loughrey described the incident as "five minutes of hell on Halls Mill Road."

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Calhoun was shot while taking the Route 33 exit ramp for Halls Mill Road, minutes before 11:44 p.m. She was taken to CentraState Medical Center and pronounced dead at 12:46 a.m.

Mustafa was arrested in Manalapan the next day at 8:10 a.m., while he was inside of his 2004 Chevrolet Impala. Police found two guns inside the car.

Mustafa pled not guilty to the charges. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, he now faces a minimum of 30 years in prison without parole and a maximum life sentence.

The sentencing hearing was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Jan 7 2022.