UPS Driver Killed In Assault, Co-Worker Charged With Murder: PD

WATERTOWN, CT — A 19-year-old man was charged with murder in connection with the death of a UPS driver Tuesday in Watertown, according to police.

Elijah David Bertrand, of Bristol, was arrested Wednesday around 2 p.m. in Plymouth, police said. He was held on $2 million bail and scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Bertrand was the target of a manhunt after police said he killed Nathan D. Burk, 28, of Waterbury.

“As an agency we would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of the victim,” Connecticut State Police said in a statement.

Police said officers found Burk injured in a UPS shipping truck around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday in Watertown on Route 8 north near Exit 37 after receiving a report of a crash involving the truck. Burk was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Police said Bertrand is a UPS employee and was working with Burk when he assaulted him. Police said the motive was unclear.

Bertrand and Burk appeared to be traveling in the same vehicle, police said during a news conference Wednesday morning. A weapon was found, and it appeared it was used in the assault; police did not say what the weapon was.

An autopsy was scheduled for Burk.