NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A Virginia guy was arrested Tuesday on murder and gun costs in the killing of a New Jersey borough councilwoman who was found fatally shot in her SUV outside the house her house earlier this 12 months, prosecutors claimed.
Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was arrested at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday and charged with the February slaying of Sayreville councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. Bynum was taken into custody outside a home in Chesapeake Metropolis, Virginia, without the need of incident.
He was billed with initial-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, and second-diploma possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone did not give a motive in the killing through a news convention saying the arrest Tuesday afternoon.
The prosecutor explained Bynum knew Dwumfour from the Champions Royal Assembly Church in Newark and they labored alongside one another at the church.
Dwumfour was shown as one particular of the contacts on his cellphone, Ciccone reported, incorporating later that investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and car site facts on Feb. 1.
“The murder has shaken the neighborhood and no arrest will bring again the late councilwoman,” the prosecutor said.
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John Wisniewski, the legal professional representing the family members, claimed family members associates that attended the news convention did not figure out the suspect’s name or his image.
“For the family, there are as a lot of issues now as to why did he focus on Eunice, what was the motivation powering him focusing on Eunice, and these are all unanswered,” Wisniewski stated, adding that the spouse and children thanked God for answering their prayers during an psychological time.
“I hope that these days is the commencing of a therapeutic process,” explained point out Legal professional Typical Matt Platkin.
Sayreville Mayor Victoria Kilpatrick claimed with the arrest, the route to genuine justice for Eunice can begin for the reason that that is what she warrants.
“My prayers are heading to her family due to the fact she has never been forgotten and she’s not going to be forgotten as extended as I am below, and as prolonged as I’m a component of Sayreville Eunice’s identify is going to be continued to be spoken,” Kilpatrick stated, afterwards adding that she’s wanting forward to having a lot more information and facts about who would want to hurt Dwumfour whom she known as “a attractive individual.”
Bynum is awaiting extradition to New Jersey. He will be held at the Middlesex County Grownup Correctional prior to his appearance for a detention listening to in Exceptional Court docket.
This is a situation that has drawn nationwide desire.
Dwumfour, 30, a Republican, the initially Black elected formal in Sayreville, was uncovered useless in her car on Feb. 1 with various gunshot wounds by Sayreville law enforcement officers who went to Samuel Circle off Ernston Street in the Parlin segment after receiving 911 calls of gunshots fired.
