Second NJ GOP Councilman Shot To Death One Week After Eunice Dwumfour Murder

A New Jersey One week after the murder of Councilwoman, a councilman was found shot to death in a parking lot. Eunice Dwumfour. 

Authorities claimed that Russell Heller (a 51-year old Republican city councilor in Milford) was arrested. Shot fatally In the PSE&G parking lot, where he used to work as a mechanic. Roughly three hours after discovering Heller, police found and identified 58-year-old Gary Curtis, one of Heller’s former coworkers, as the suspect. Curtis was found dead of a gunshot wound he had self-inflicted, NJ.com. reported.

“It is with great sadness and shock that we offer our condolences to the family of Milford Councilman Russell Heller — an outstanding public servant and devoted father,” In a statement that was shared with The Daily Wire, Bob Hugin, Chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party State Committee, said this. “To see the lives of not one but two community leaders cut tragically short within one week is unimaginably distressing. As we mourn these losses, we are particularly praying for justice and answers in the unsolved murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. May God bless both of their memories.”

Police believe Curtis murdered Heller and then fled the scene, driving to Bridgewater where he shot himself in the car. The motive for Curtis’ alleged murder of Heller has not been revealed. 

Heller was elected last to the city council on February 20, 2020. 

“I am shocked and saddened by the tragic murder of Milford Councilman Russell Heller,” Representative Tom Kean (R.N.J.), whose district also includes Milford “Russell was an outstanding public servant who proudly represented the river town he loved. My prayers are with his family and the Milford community.”

“The Milford Borough Council is deeply saddened by the loss and our hearts go out to his family,” According to NJ.com Henri Schepens was the Milford Mayor “He was so full of life, it’s just unbelievable that he’s gone. Something like this has never happened in borough history. We are very shaken by this.”

Heller’s slaying came exactly one week after 30-year-old Dwumfour, another New Jersey GOP council member, was found dead in the driver’s seat of her white Nissan SUV after being shot as many as 14 times as she pulled up to her Sayreville home, around 50 miles east of where Heller was found dead. 

Since Dwumfour’s murder, authorities have not made any arrests or revealed any information about a suspect or motive, causing frustration from the 30-year-old deceased councilwoman’s parents. 

“So far, we haven’t heard anything yet,” Eunice’s father Prince Dwumfour Submitted The New York Post Tuesday

The prosecutor’s office investigating the murder of Dwumfour has requested an injunction to block news outlets from obtaining important information about the case, arguing that releasing any information to the public about the councilwoman’s death would hinder law enforcement’s investigation.