A borough councilperson was fatally shot in New Jersey this week, marking the second attack in seven days where an act of gun violence resulted in the death of a local elected official in the state.
in seven days where an act of gun violence resulted in the death of a local elected official in the state. The shooting that killed Russell Heller, 51, stemmed from a workplace dispute, authorities announced Friday.
Officers were dispatched to the facility on a 911 call, the Franklin Township Police Department said in a. When they arrived, the responding officers found Heller had suffered a gunshot wound and already succumbed to his injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel, according to the police department.
"Investigators have confirmed that Mr. Heller was a Republican Councilman for Milford Borough ," the statement read, according to CBS New York."The investigation has revealed that the shooting of Mr. Heller was not politically connected with his elected office or political affiliation." According to the prosecutor's office, the shooting was due to"prior employment disciplinary actions between subordinate and supervisor."Heller's death came exactly one week after Eunice Dwumfour, a borough councilwoman in Sayreville was shot to death in a car parked outside of her home on the evening of Feb. 1. Dwumfour, 30, was the first Black person elected to office in the township on the state's eastern edge.
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