GUILTY NJ - Joseph Micalizzi, 23, killed at NJIT frat house, Newark, 2 May 2016

A student was shot and killed Monday during a burglary at a fraternity house near the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the university president said in a statement.

The burglary took place around 3:30 a.m. at Tau Kappa Epsilon on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark, NJIT President Joel Bloom said.

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The name of the victim was being withheld until his family is notified.

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The investigation was ongoing and no other information has been released.

NJIT offered a $10,000 reward leading to the successful prosecution of the person or persons responsible.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology student Joseph Micalizzi was killed early Monday at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house during a burglary attempt that turned violent, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said. The 23-year-old Freehold resident was a mechanical engineering major.

Murray on Friday announced murder, burglary and weapons charges against 18-year-old Irvington resident Nafee Cotman, who was arrested Thursday in Irvington and is being held on $1 million bail. Authorities are still searching for 22-year-old Newark resident Taquan Harris, who faces the same charges.

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The other suspect, 22-year-old Taquan Harris, of Newark, remained at large until late Friday afternoon, according to officials.

They say police arrested Harris without incident on the 100 block of Munn Avenue in Irvington. He will be held at Essex County Correctional Facility on $1 million bail.

It wasn't immediately clear if either defendant had an attorney to comment on his behalf.

The prosecutor said she does not know why this fraternity was targeted, but there appears to be no prior relationship between Micalizzi and the suspects.

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Both defendants are also charged with felony murder for a - homicide committed during the commission of another crime - and burglary and weapons offenses.

Cotman's lawyer, Jonathon Gordon, and Harris' lawyer, Sterling Kinsale of the Essex County Public Defender's Officer, entered not guilty pleas for their clients during the hearing that lasted less than two minutes.

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