New Jersey City Councilmember Shot and Killed

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03 Feb 2023, 11:05 pm

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Eunice K. Dwumfour, a 30-year-old councilwoman serving her first term in Sayreville, N.J., was fatally shot on Wednesday night, officials said.

Officers with the Sayreville Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at 7:22 p.m. in Parlin, an unincorporated area of Sayreville, and found Ms. Dwumfour in her car with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a statement by the Middlesex County prosecutor’s office. She was pronounced dead at the scene.




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04 Feb 2023, 9:25 am

Targeted shooting - she was seen on video talking to the shooter earlier.

https://nationalfile.com/new-jersey-cou ... -shooting/

Haven't been very many political assassinations in the USA lately.. if it was politically motivated, that is. Somehow doubt this won't inspire others with a screw loose to pop their least favourite politicians. Expecting a series of these unfortunate events to follow around the country..


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09 Feb 2023, 2:49 pm

New Jersey council member is fatally shot one week after slaying of another lawmaker

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A New Jersey council member was fatally shot in a parking lot outside his job Wednesday, just one week after another politician in the state was gunned down in her car.

Russell Heller, 51, a Republican representing the Milford area, was found dead just after 7 a.m. in the parking lot of PSE&G, the energy company where he worked, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Authorities quickly determined that a former employee of PSE&G, identified as Gary T. Curtis, 58, of Washington, had approached Heller in the parking lot and shot him outside his vehicle, the prosecutor's office said.

Detectives were able to track Curtis down hours later to a parking lot area in Bridgewater Township, where they found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, it said. Curtis, who was in possession of a firearm at the time, was pronounced dead shortly after.

Detectives are still working to establish a motive in the incident, the prosecutor's office said.

A New Jersey council member was fatally shot in a parking lot outside his job Wednesday, just one week after another politician in the state was gunned down in her car.

Russell Heller, 51, a Republican representing the Milford area, was found dead just after 7 a.m. in the parking lot of PSE&G, the energy company where he worked, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Authorities quickly determined that a former employee of PSE&G, identified as Gary T. Curtis, 58, of Washington, had approached Heller in the parking lot and shot him outside his vehicle, the prosecutor's office said.

Detectives were able to track Curtis down hours later to a parking lot area in Bridgewater Township, where they found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, it said. Curtis, who was in possession of a firearm at the time, was pronounced dead shortly after.

Detectives are still working to establish a motive in the incident, the prosecutor's office said.

Authorities have not made any connections between the two incidents, with the prosecutor's office saying Heller's death appeared to be an "isolated incident."

Authorities have not made any connections between the two incidents, with the prosecutor's office saying Heller's death appeared to be an "isolated incident."

"We are heartbroken at the tragic death of Russell Heller," PSE&G said in a statement shared online.

The company said Heller had worked as a senior distribution supervisor and had been with the firm for more than 11 years.


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