New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy mentioned the taking pictures dying of 30-year-old Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour feels “very specific.”
“There’s no evidence it was accidental,” Murphy advised WNYC’s Nancy Solomon on the Thursday, Feb. 2 version of “Ask Governor Murphy.”
However he mentioned after talking with native political leaders, Dwumfour’s dying doesn’t seem associated to her function as an elected official.
The Middlesex County prosecutor’s workplace has mentioned little concerning the case since issuing an preliminary assertion acknowledging an investigating into her dying. The workplace mentioned police had responded to a report of gunshots within the space of Samuel Circle Wednesday evening, and located Dwumfour shot a number of occasions in her car. She was pronounced useless on the scene.
The prosecutor’s workplace hasn’t mentioned if it has any suspects, if it has recognized a motive or if it believes there’s any persevering with menace to the group.
Murphy, on the present, expressed confidence in Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and different authorities investigating the case. Sayreville police have deferred any inquiries to Ciccone’s workplace, as prosecutors usually take level on main crimes. Murphy mentioned it didn’t appear to be a case the state lawyer normal’s workplace could be concerned with.
At a separate press convention, FBI officers mentioned they had been working to be taught extra concerning the incident, however deferred questions on whether or not they had been half of the investigation.
“It will be – please God, we find this murderer asap — that [when] we recover the gun, it’ll be quite interesting to see where that came from, whether it was legally bought, whether it was in-state or out-of-state, all of the things that the law enforcement who are outstanding at this will have answers to,” Murphy mentioned.
New Jersey suffered two setbacks in federal court docket yesterday, inserting momentary restrictions on a current legislation that goals to stop individuals from carrying weapons in so-called “sensitive places.” One order blocked enforcement in areas together with museums, leisure venues, museums and eating places and bars that serve alcohol. The state can be barred from prohibiting weapons in casinos, parks and seashores.
Murphy mentioned on the present that weapons may nonetheless be barred at casinos if their administration hangs up signage banning them — and mentioned all of New Jersey’s had carried out so.
The court docket case relating to New Jersey’s gun legal guidelines is continuous, and Murphy mentioned his administration stays assured it’ll finally be discovered appropriate with a U.S. Supreme Court docket ruling that upended strict restrictions on hid carry of firearms that each New Jersey and New York’s gun legal guidelines had in place.
Dwumfour joined the Sayreville Borough Council final 12 months after working as a Republican alongside present Council President Christian Onuoha. She was described by fellow officers and family members as deeply dedicated to her Christian religion and devoted to bettering the group. She was a liaison to the borough’s Human Relations Fee, centered on variety and bias incidents.
Associates additionally mentioned she’d been lately married, and had a pre-teen daughter from a earlier relationship.
Neighbors mentioned that Wednesday evening, they heard the sound of gunshots, then Dwumfour’s car crashed into two parked vehicles. The prosecutor’s workplace has not confirmed these particulars.