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KINNELON — An 18-year-old man has been arrested for shooting his father Sunday inside their Kinnelon home, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp and Kinnelon Police Chief John Schwartz announced today.



Kinnelon Police dispatched to a Wedgewood Drive home at 4:15 p.m. Sunday found the body of James E. Hofstetter, 57, who had been shot multiple times, according to announcement from law enforcement officials.

Later that day, Hardyston Township Police Officer arrested the victim's son, Travis J. Hofstetter near the Skylands Ice World on Route 23 in Stockholm.



First Assistant Morris County Prosecutor Thomas A. Zelante declined to answer further questions, explaining where authorities found the gun, who owned the weapon, and whether the suspect had been inside the ice rink.



The county prosecutor charged Travis Hofstetter with Hofstetter with first-degree murder and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon. Bail was set at $750,000, cash only. He was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility.

James Hofstetter had been a contract employee in the code enforcement department for Pequannock Township for about two years, Mayor Cathy Winterfield confirmed.

"We needed some help, and he has been a great help. He's been great - a very conscientious employee," Winterfield said.

"I am sick over it," the mayor said about his death. "It is going to be a great loss."

The investigation also involved the Major Crimes Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, the Morris County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Section, and the Morris County Medical Examiner's Office.



Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Morris County Prosecutor's Office at 973-285-6200, the Kinnelon Borough Police Department at (973) 838-5400, or Crimestoppers at 973-267-2255.

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