SHORT HILLS, N.J. – Four people are in custody in connection with a deadly carjacking outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey that left a lawyer dead after two men shot him as he reportedly tried to protect his wife, authorities said early Saturday.
Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor's office, did not provide details or elaborate on the arrests, but said additional information will be released at a news conference Saturday morning, according to The New York Post.
Dustin Friedland, 30, was shot in the head Sunday night in front of his wife in the parking garage of The Mall at Short Hills, about 10 miles west of Newark, after being confronted by two carjackers.
His car, a Range Rover, was discovered the next morning in Newark. A reward of more than $40,000 was being offered for information leading to the arrest of the killers.
Friedland and his wife, Jamie Schare Friedland, 27, were carrying bags full of items and looked as if "they were trying to get all their Christmas shopping done in one night," a source at the mall told The New York Post.
On Wednesday, mourners at Friedland's funeral heard his wife, his younger siblings and others recall him as man of integrity, a person whose ethics and values were never muddled. They joked about his warmth, his fondness for food, family and friends and his chivalry.
His final act was to open the car door for his wife, they said, just moments before the carjackers confronted him.
A local anti-crime organization, the mall, and anonymous donors offered a $41,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.
Carter told FoxNews.com earlier this week that 450 carjackings have occurred this year in Essex County, up from 422 in 2012. In 2011, 277 carjackings were reported in the county, which includes crime-ridden Newark, once dubbed the "car theft capital of the world."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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