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Eunice Dwumfour, a 30-year-old New Jersey councilwoman, was found dead outside her Sayreville home Wednesday evening in what officials believe was a “targeted” attack, authorities say.
In a joint statement, Sayreville police chief Daniel Plumwacker and Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said Dwumfour was found by police in her vehicle at about 7:20 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds, the New Jersey Globe reported. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dwumfour’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
No arrests have been reported in connection with the shooting. However, an eyewitness who lives in the area saw an individual, possibly the suspect, running toward the Garden State Parkway, which is near the scene of the shooting, RLS Media reported.
Authorities told news outlets that the councilwoman was believed to be the intended target, but have not given a motive.
The Sayreville Police Department, meanwhile, alerted citizens in a statement on Facebook of police activity in the area while advising everyone to avoid the scene.
A video shared on social media by Charlie Kratovil, a journalist and the founder of New Brunswick Today, shows police at the scene of the shooting as a white Nissan SUV is being towed away.
