STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New details in the shooting death of a New Jersey councilwoman in a New Jersey community just south of the Outerbridge Crossing have surfaced, according to media reports. Neighbors say they heard six shots ring out Wednesday night.
Eunice Dwumfour was an elected official in Sayreville, not far from the Outerbridge Crossing.
Police said Dwumfour, 30, was struck multiple times while in her car in Samuel Circle at about 7:20 p.m., NJ.com reported. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neighbors believe the councilwoman was targeted.
“Definitely doesn’t look like something that was accidental,” Grady Reilly told NJ.com. “I’m not an expert, but it looked like something that was targeted. It was a tight grouping of easily a half-dozen gunshots in the window.”
Another neighbor told an NJ.com reporter that he saw from his balcony the shooter run up a hill between two buildings, scale a retaining wall with a white fence on top of it and hop the fence — running in the direction of the Garden State Parkway.
The shooter was allegedly wearing a hoodie.
“I am stunned by the news of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour’s murder last evening in an act of gun violence,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said in a statement Thursday morning. “Her career of public service was just beginning, and by all accounts she had already built a reputation as a committed member of the Borough Council who took her responsibility with the utmost diligence and seriousness.”
Murphy also said the State Police are helping in the investigation.
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