Second Republican New Jersey Lawmaker Shot Dead Within a Week

Just one week later, a second Republican New Jersey Council member was killed in an attack on Wednesday. One of the first was killed Her home is not hers.

Russell Heller, a Milford councilman, was also a supervisor at a utility firm. A former employee shot him in the parking lot just outside his office. An unidentified gunman attacked Eunice Dwumfour’s home last Wednesday in a targeted attack that police described as targeting. Heller’s killer was later found dead from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Both of these killings occurred as Democrats tried to blame their fomenting enemies “political violence” against their party members. In his State of the Union address President Joe Biden Attributed the brutal assault of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D., Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, to the actions of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Heller was shot multiple times and killed in a car accident less than 15 miles away from Dwumfour’s body. Her killer remains at large. Phil Murphy (D.), governor of New Jersey, attributed both deaths. “gun violence.”

Heller, father of one, served as Hunterdon County’s councilman since 2017.

Rep. Tom Kean (R.), who represents New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District, said Wednesday night that He was “shocked and saddened by the tragic murder.”

“Russell was an outstanding public servant who proudly represented the river town he loved,” he Follow us on Twitter. “My prayers are with his family and the Milford community.”