Friend of Murdered NJ GOP Councilwoman Says Attack Was Personal

According to officials, Eunice Dwumfour, Republican New Jersey Councilwoman, was shot and killed in her car near her Sayreville apartment on Wednesday night. A friend said that only one person was involved. “no heart” It could have been done.

Nelia Rodriguez, a friend and pastor, said that she believed Dwumfour was the victim in a targeted and. “personal attack.”

“We believe it [was] very personal because she was shot seven times in the face and another seven shots were hitting everywhere [else],” Rodriguez stated that Rodriguez “The Ingraham Angle.” “So for somebody to get so close to somebody and shoot them so many times, it has to be personal.”

Photo taken by Fox News Digital showing the aftermath of the shooting that involved Eunice Dwumfour, New Jersey Councilwoman
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According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, an investigation into Dwumfour’s murder is ongoing. Officials are yet to release any information or a motive. 

According to the Sayreville Borough Council, the 30-year-old mother was involved in her church and community. She was also serving a three year term as an elected official. 

Laura Ingraham, host, asked why anyone would do this. 

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Eunice Dwumfour (30, Sayreville Councilwoman) was killed and shot on February 1, 2023.
(Sayreville GOP)

“There’s probably not an answer,” Rodriguez said. “Why would somebody do that? Somebody who has no heart, somebody who has no love for community, somebody who could have been jealous. It could have been many reasons why somebody would hurt somebody like her, who was such a beautiful soul, who loved everybody, who always smiled.”

“She never said no. She would take her jacket off to give it to you. Her soul was so beautiful. She was such a light to everybody in the community. That is horrifying to even think of anybody trying to hurt her.”

According to the pastor, she does not believe that police have any leads beyond the fact that they are reportedly searching for a man who stood next to her car and then fled into woods. 

Image of one of the vehicles destroyed after Eunice Dwumfour (New Jersey Councilmember) was shot and killed February 1, 2023. 
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Dwumfour was the chairperson of the Public Safety Committee. He worked closely with the police to reduce crime. Glenn Skarzynski (business administrator for the Borough in Sayreville) told Fox News earlier Thursday. 

Skarzynski He stated that he does not think about it. That relationship played a part in her murder. 

“I can’t think of anything that she could have done or said that would have made her a target of such a heinous act. Nothing that would lead us to believe it had any role in the public safety community had nothing to do with this horrifying incident,” He stated. 

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Investigators are asking residents for surveillance video and tips. 

Stephanie Pagones from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.