Missing Fort Drum soldier, 20, is found fatally shot after being ‘kidnapped by fellow soldier

Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found dead on Saturday suffering a gunshot wound in Byram Township, New Jersey

He was last heard from late Thursday into early Friday after he left Fort Drum for Watertown, New York for a ‘vehicle transaction’

Soldier Jamaal Mellish, 23, who he was slated to meet, was arrested in his death

The two soldiers had met to discuss a disagreement over a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck

Authorities believe Mellish abducted Harris, drove him from Watertown to Byram County, New Jersey and killed him

A third person, a juvenile whose involvement in the attack is still under investigation, was also in the truck 

An investigation is ongoing and foul play is suspected, the Army Criminal Investigation Command said

Mellish is expected to be charged with murder, kidnapping and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes on Monday, then extradited to New Jersey

A missing 20-year-old Fort Drum soldier in upstate New York has been shot dead in Sussex County, New Jersey and another soldier from the Army base has been arrested in connection to his death. – Corporal Hayden Harris was found dead with a gunshot wound in a wooded area of Byram Township, New Jersey on Saturday.
Harris from Guys, Tennessee, was last heard from late Thursday into early Friday after he left base at Fort Drum in Watertown, New York for a ‘vehicle transaction’.
Fellow US Soldier Jamaal Mellish, 23, who he was slated to meet for ‘some type of vehicle exchange’, was arrested in connection to his death in New York over the weekend. 
The two soldiers had met to discuss a disagreement over a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, according to Gregory Mueller, first assistant prosecutor in Sussex County. 
Authorities believe Mellish abducted Harris, drove him 270 miles in the Chevy Silverado from Watertown to Byram County, NJ where the killing happened.
It was not clear why the supposedly business transaction had turned deadly. 

A third person, a juvenile whose involvement in the attack is still under investigation, was also in the truck, Meuller said.
Mellish is expected to be charged with murder, kidnapping and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes on Monday, then extradited to New Jersey. 
After Harris was last heard from between 8pm Thursday and 6.30am Friday and the Army public plea for information on Saturday.
He was driving a red 2016 Ford Mustang with Tennessee license plates – from his home state, according to Army Facebook posts. 
On Saturday members of the Byram Township fire department were doing work on Ross Road when they saw a pair of shoes, blood, and paperwork and contacted police. 
Responding officers then found Harris in a nearby wooded area, Mueller said, as per NJ.com.  
Authorities believe Mellish abducted Harris, drove him from Watertown to Byram County, New Jersey and killed him.

Harris joined the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in July 2019 and an infantryman with the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
Before that he trained at Fort Benning, Georgia.
‘It is well known here that Corporal Harris was a great Soldier, and we share our grief with his friends and Family, I hear again and again how he was also – and most importantly – a really wonderful, caring person,’  Brigadier Gen. Brett Funck, acting commander for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division, said in a statement.

He was posthumously promoted from Specialist to the rank of Corporal and was awarded the Army’s Medal of Honor.
Harris was promoted from specialist to corporal following his death.
Fort Drum is located near the Canadian border, around 80 miles north of Syracuse. 
An investigation into the death of Cpl. Hayden Allen Harris is ongoing and foul play is suspected, the Criminal Investigation Command said in a news release. 
Spokesman for the Army Criminal Investigation Command said. 
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact the Fort Drum Army CID Office at (315) 772-9459.
Anonymous tips can be submitted on the CID’s Crime Tips website.