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A UPS employee sought in a deadly assault on a co-worker was taken into custody Wednesday, Connecticut state police said.

The suspect, Elijah David Bertrand, 19, had been the target of search since Tuesday night when a fellow UPS worker, Nathan Burk, was found suffering from injuries.

The two men apparently were riding in the same vehicle before the assault, Connecticut State Police Trooper Joseu Dorelus said at a news conference. The motive was unknown. A weapon was recovered at the scene, Dorelus said.

Bertrand was located and taken into state police custody, the agency said on Twitter. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

As a UPS driver, our peak busy season usually runs from the end of the year through mid-February as many customers make online returns or shop with gift cards they received during the holidays.

Early this year, we’d begun to slow down for about a week before the pandemic began to pick up in the US. We immediately got busy again and have stayed busy ever since. It was almost like peak season never ended.

There’s a kind of pride that comes with being called an essential worker and knowing we’re bringing people the things they need, that they can’t live without.

Some major muscle is arriving in Louisville, right in the nick of time for peak season. UPS added two new jets to its fleet at Worldport last week.

The Boeing 747-8 is the newer, bigger, and better version of the previous 747-400. UPS started purchasing the 747-8s in 2017, with the intent of have 28 in total. Last week, number 20 was delivered and went into service.

“It’s the biggest production freighter out there, and so that’s why we want them. And we’re getting it in service just in time for the last week of peak season this year,” said UPS spokesperson Jim Mayer.