NY man charged in murder of Temple law grad

Police arrested a New York man in last month's murder in Delaware of a Temple University law graduate.

Shazim Uppal, 27, of Hockessin, Del., was found dead about 7 p.m. Aug. 24  in a car, which was parked in a Hockessin nursing home parking lot near his home. Genesis Healthcare workers told police the car, Uppal's black Audi sedan, had been there since the previous day. At the time, New Castle County police said they'd found a "substantial amount" of marijuana inside and believed the murder was not random.

Today, police said they arrested Benjamin Rauf, 25, of Westerlo, N.Y., saying that Rauf shot Uppal several times in the chest during a suspected robbery and drug deal. The men knew each other from Temple University, where both were graduates of the James E. Beasley School of Law.

Rauf was arrested by New York State Police as he left home Monday evening, police said. He's now being held in New York awaiting extradition to Delaware.