Members of the Sayreville, NJ community are planning a memorial for slain Councilmember Eunice Dwumfour, at the same time as they continue to be without answers about why she was fatally shot, by whom and whether or not a killer remains at giant.
A service was deliberate for six p.m. Wednesday at Epic Church Worldwide, at 2707 Most important Road Extension in Sayreville, Borough Administrator Gary Skarzynski stated.
It’s one in every of many troublesome milestones forward for the community. The council subsequent meets Feb. 13.
“I do know that will likely be a fairly devastating assembly for us,” Vincent Conti, a fellow member of the council, informed WNYC Morning Version host Michael Hill on Friday.
Dwumfour was shot a number of occasions in her automobile outdoors her residence Wednesday night time, and pronounced useless on the scene. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Workplace, which is taking the lead on the investigation, hasn’t stated if it has any suspects or is aware of of a motive.
Actually, the workplace has issued solely two statements. The primary, acknowledging the capturing, was offered to media Wednesday night time and early Thursday morning, and up to date to incorporate Dwumfour’s id. A second assertion late Friday stated the workplace had no updates to supply. The prosecutor’s workplace additionally stated Friday it doesn’t have any press conferences deliberate, “and because the investigation is still active and ongoing we are declining to comment on all matters at this time.”
Even so, Skarzynski stated native officers don’t have cause to imagine there’s continued hazard to the community. He stated she gave the impression to be focused, citing the a number of gunshots. However he additionally stated borough leaders don’t have any cause to imagine they or others are in danger.
Gov. Phil Murphy has additionally described the capturing as seeming “very specific.” Chatting with WNYC’s Nancy Solomon Thursday night time through the month-to-month “Ask the Governor” call-in present, he stated, “There’s no evidence it was accidental.” And he said after speaking to local political leaders, he didn’t believe they were in danger.
Several neighbors reported hearing shots just before Dwumfour’s vehicle slammed into parked cars Wednesday night. A Gothamist reporter saw police searching for evidence in a wooded area near Dwumfour’s home on Thursday afternoon. By midday Friday, there didn’t appear to be continued police activity at the scene.
Dwumfour, 30, joined the Sayreville Borough Council last year after running as a Republican alongside current Council President Christian Onuoha. She was described by fellow officials and loved ones as deeply devoted to her Christian faith, and dedicated to bettering the community. She was the governing body’s liaison to the borough’s Human Relations Commission, focused on diversity and bias incidents, as well its public safety liaison to police.
“She was promoting the peace-building in our community through community engagement, Conti said. “I mean, that’s what she was about.”
Loved ones and fellow officials said she’s also recently been married, and had a pre-teen daughter from a past relationship.
An invitation to the memorial service posted to the Sayreville GOP Facebook Group by the local party chair, Karen Bailey Bebert, quoted John 14:27 — an acknowledgement of Dwumfour’s deep faith.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you,” the invitation reads. “Not as the world gives to I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”