SHORT HILLS, N.J. –  Four men have been arrested and charged in the death of a man shot in front of his wife during a carjacking outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey last weekend, authorities say. 
[Three have arabic / muslim first names] The suspects, identified as Hanif Thompson, 29, Karif Ford, 31, Basim Henry 32, and Kevin Roberts, 33, appear to have been motivated by a desire for the victim's silver Range Rover, Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said in a press conference Saturday. 
.t 450 carjackings have occurred this year in Essex County, up from 422 in 2012. In 2011, 277 carjackings were reported in the county, which includes crime-ridden Newark, once dubbed the "car theft capital of the world."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.