On the evening of July 12, 2021, 56-year-old Phu Tsewang was found dead in a residence on Avenue A in Mahwah, New Jersey, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Police responded to a 911 call and investigators say the call was reportedly made by the man who would become the primary suspect.

The investigation centered on 23-year-old co-worker Milan Ghimire. The shooting occurred at Ghimire’s residence, which some reports say he shared with Tsewang. Ghimire fled but was tracked to the Bronx, New York, and taken into custody by the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit after a 911 call in which he allegedly admitted to having just shot someone.

Ghimire was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and tampering with evidence, and was being held in New York pending extradition to New Jersey. Does anyone have information about Tsewang’s last known movements or about relations between him and his co-workers?