The man sought in last week’s shooting death of a Salem County resident had only been out of prison for eight days when the killing occurred.

Ordale R. Telfair, 37, shot Tayshon Hayward, 26, of Penns Grove, on Thursday night at Penns Grove Gardens apartment complex, authorities said.

Hayward was taken to a Delaware hospital where he died early Friday.

A warrant was issued Friday for Telfair, who is charged with criminal homicide and weapons offenses. He remains on the loose and is considered “armed and dangerous,” according to police.

Telfair was paroled from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton on May 15, according to state Department of Corrections records.

He was serving a 5-year term on a weapons possession charge.

Prior to that, he was sentenced to five years on a drug possession charge in 2010 and the next year was sentenced to another five years on a weapons offense, according to court records.

The weapons case included an indictment for attempted murder, but that charge was dismissed. Telfair had been accused of shooting a Millville man in the chest in December 2009.

The Penns Grove shooting occurred after Hayward tried to intervene in an argument between two others, according to a woman who knew the victim.

Prison records describe Telfair as black, 6 feet 5 inches tall and 285 pounds.

Anyone with information on Telfair’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or report his location to the nearest police department.

They may also contact Penns Grove Police at 856-299-0055, Salem County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Quenton Mulford at 856-935-7510, ext. 8333 or call the prosecutor’s anonymous tip line at 856-935-8119.

Balloons and candles mark the spot where Tayshon Hayward was gunned down in Penns Grove on Thursday night.

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