Arrests Made in Birch Court Shooting

Three men have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a New Brunswick resident who was killed in his Birch Court home in May.

According to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, Nadrell McMillan and Quaadir Hagood, both 20 and of New Brunswick, and Zaire Franklin Sherman, 20 of Piscataway were each charged on Thursday with murder and conspiring to commit murder.

On May 4, Richard Chang, 40, a married contractor who lived at 412 Birch Court, was killed in broad daylight on the second floor of his house when a stray bullet from outside came through a wall and struck him.

Chang was not the intended target of the shooting, according to the release.

McMillan and Hagood were both arrested at their homes on Thursday, while Sherman was charged at the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick, where he was being held on an unrelated weapons offense, according to the release.

Prosecutor's Office spokesman James O'Neill said the suspected shooter is not being disclosed at the time. All three men face the same charges.

The arrests came following an "intensive investigation" carried out jointly by New Brunswick Police Department and Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, the release said.

Bail has been set at $3 million for each of the men, and must be posted in full before they can be released.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Ronoldy Martinez of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5217, or Investigator Jeffrey Temple of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3373.

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