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WATERTOWN, Conn. Police have captured a UPS employee accused of fatally assaulting a co-worker while they were traveling in a delivery truck in Connecticut earlier this week, authorities said.
Connecticut State Police announced they had taken Elijah David Bertrand, 19, into custody hours after he became the target of a manhunt that began Tuesday night in Watertown, where fellow UPS worker Nathan Burk was discovered suffering from injuries, police said.
Bertrand was charged with murder and ordered held on a $2 million cash bond, Fox News reported.
The men were apparently riding in the same vehicle before the assault, though Bertrand’s motive for the attack was unclear, Connecticut State Police Trooper Joseu Dorelus said at a Wednesday news conference. Investigators found a weapon at the scene. The type of weapon was not specified.
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Moses Don of Waterbury, a friend of 28-year-old Nathan Burk, gets a hug from a supporter during a vigil for Burk near the UPS facility in Watertown on Wednesday night. Burk died following an assault in a UPS truck on Route 8 in Watertown on Tuesday night. Jim Shannon Republican-American
Jacqueline Sheppard of Waterbury, left, a UPS employee since 2001, talks with a member of the Teamsters union Local 667 during a vigil for 28-year-old Nathan Burk near the UPS facility in Watertown on Wednesday night. Burk died following an assault in a UPS truck on Route 8 in Watertown on Tuesday night. Jim Shannon Republican-American
The man accused of killing his UPS co-worker faced a judge for the first time Thursday and is being held on a $2 million bond. 19-year-old Elijah Bertrand is charged with murder in the death of 28-year-old Nathan Burk, a UPS driver. Bertrand made a virtual appearance at court in Waterbury around noon Thursday. Bertrand was taken into custody in… Watertown Dec 24, 2020