New Jersey Republican councilman Russell D. Heller was shot to death in his car a week after someone gunned down councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour in her car.
I do not know if the cases are related. Heller’s is a murder-suicide. From NJ.com:
Russell D. Heller, a councilman in Milford, a small borough in Hunterdon County, was fatally shot outside the PSE&G Somerset Central Division Headquarters in Franklin by a former co-worker on Wednesday morning, officials said.Heller, 51, a senior distribution supervisor for the energy company, was pronounced dead on the scene of the Weston Canal Road headquarters, authorities said.“The Milford Borough Council is deeply saddened by the loss and our hearts go out to his family,” Milford Mayor Henri Schepens said. “He was so full of life, it’s just unbelievable that he’s gone. Something like this has never happened in borough history. We are very shaken by this.”
Authorities identified Gary T. Curtis as the suspect. They found him “inside a car, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
The authorities also do not think there is a connection between Heller and Dwumfour’s murder.
A week ago, someone gunned down Dwumfour in her car outside her home. Her family said the police haven’t told them anything about the investigation.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office wants the court to issue an injunction against news organizations “to prevent the release of investigative records” concerning Dwumfour’s murder.
The office has released two statements “saying there would be no statements or press conferences about the killing.”
The FBI is involved with the investigation but, like local authorities, didn’t offer any information.
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