7-Eleven employee arrested after altercation at store left man dead, authorities say

A New Brunswick 7-Eleven employee was arrested Tuesday morning following an altercation at the store that resulted in a man’s death, investigators said.

Police arrived at the store at 1:40 a.m. in response to a 911 call asking for medical assistance at the George Street convenience store, according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Officers found Markeem Moore, 44, of Manville, unresponsive and he was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, the office said.

Detectives determined that a physical altercation occurred between Moore and the store employee, Taiwan Sanders-Boyd, 29, of New Brunswick, authorities said.

Boyd was arrested and charged with second-degree reckless manslaughter, the office said. He was being