Transcript for New Jersey councilwoman found shot in her car
>> ALL RIGHT, MATT GUTMAN
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>> BACK IN THE EAST THIS
EVENING, AND TO THE SHOCKING
MURDER OF A NEW JERSEY
COUNCILWOMAN, AN APPARENT
TARGETED ATTACK.
THE 30-YEAR-OLD WIFE AND MOTHER
SHOT DEAD WHILE SITTING IN HER
CAR, JUST FEET FROM HER HOME.
TONIGHT, THE FBI IS NOW
INVOLVED, AND HERE'S OUR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON
KATERSY TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A
DESPERATE SEARCH IN NEW JERSEY
FOR WHOEVER SHOT DEAD A YOUNG
COUNCILWOMAN IN AN APPARENTLY
TARGETED BURST OF GUNFIRE THAT
HAS HORRIFIED THE STATE.
>> IT'S JUST A SHOCKING,
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT.
>> Reporter: 30-YEAR-OLD
EUNICE DWUMFOUR IS THE FIRST
SITTING ELECTED OFFICIAL TO BE
SHOT AND KILLED IN NEW JERSEY IN
RECENT MEMORY.
SHE HAD ONLY RECENTLY TAKEN
OFFICE AND WAS DISCOVERED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN HER SUV OF
MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, SHOT
WHILE SITTING BEHIND THE WHEEL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TOLD ABC
NEWS SHE HAD JUST DROPPED
SOMEONE OFF AT HER HOME AND WAS
HEADING OUT WHEN THE GUNMAN
APPROACHED ON FOOT.
>> I HEARD, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM.
AND I'M LIKE, OH, SHOOT, THAT IS
GUNFIRE.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAYING
MORE THAN TEN GUNSHOTS WERE
FIRED.
GUM
SHE WAS RECENTLY MARRIED AND HAD
A DAUGHTER.
HER DEATH STUNNING NEIGHBORS.
>> I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD IT
WAS HER, BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY
KIND.
>> Reporter: POLICE HAVE MADE NO
ARRESTS.
THE MAYOR SAID THE COMMUNITY IS
SHOCKED AND SADDENED, AND CALLED
DWUMFOUR A DEDICATED MEMBER OF
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL COMMITTED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE.
DWUMFOUR WAS NEW TO THIS
COMMUNITY, DAVID, BUT ALREADY
KNOWN AS A REALLY NICE PERSON,
AND TONIGHT, POLICE ARE
APPEALING TO HER CONSTITUENTS
FOR HELP SOLVING THIS.
WE JUST SPOKE TO MIDDLESEX
CICCONE, SHE TOLD US RIGHT NOW
IT APPEARS THE
COUNCILWOMAN'S POLITICS PLAYED
NO ROLE IN HER KILLING.
DAVID?
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