一名弗吉尼亚男子因涉嫌谋杀新泽西州女议员尤妮斯·德沃姆福而被捕在她家门外被枪杀二月。
米德尔塞克斯郡检察官尤兰达·西科内在周二的新闻发布会上宣布,28岁的拉希德·阿里·拜纳姆(Rashid Ali Bynum)显然是在教堂认识Dwumfour的,他在周二早上被拘留,指控包括一级谋杀。
2月1日,30岁的母亲和教会领袖Dwumfour在她联排别墅外的SUV中被多次枪击。
根据Ciccone的说法,拜纳姆是Dwomfour手机中的联系人,首字母缩写为“FCF”,当局认为这代表“火国会联谊会”,这位国会女议员以前隶属于一个教堂,“它也与冠军皇家大会有关,这是受害者去世时的教堂。”
据Ciccone报道,在枪击发生的那天,拜纳姆据称在网上搜索了冠军皇家议会教堂和Sayreville地区的信息。
她说,在谋杀发生的前几天,拜纳姆据称在网上搜索与特定手枪兼容的杂志。
西科尼说,在谋杀发生时,拜纳姆的手机从弗吉尼亚飞到了新泽西,拜纳姆的体貌特征与目击者对犯罪嫌疑人的描述相吻合。
官员们没有讨论可能的动机,也没有回答记者的提问。
Ciccone称这是一个“复杂、广泛的案件”
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Dwumfour是一名商业分析师和兼职紧急医疗技术员,于2021年当选为Sayreville Borough Council的共和党人,击败了现任民主党人。
新泽西州总检察长马修·普拉特金(Matthew Platkin)对出席新闻发布会的德沃姆福(Dwumfour)的家人说:“没有什么话可以对你说,让你变得完整。”“我不知道尤妮斯。我希望我有。但我知道她是一名公务员。”
“我希望今天是一个愈合过程的开始,也是正义感的开始,”他补充说。
Man arrested in slaying of New Jersey councilwoman apparently knew victim from church
A Virginia man has been arrested for the murder of New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, who wasgunned down outside her homein February.
Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, who apparently knew Dwumfour from church, was taken into custody Tuesday morning on charges including first-degree murder, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced at a news conference Tuesday.
On Feb. 1, Dwumfour, a 30-year-old mom and church leader, was shot multiple times while she was in her SUV outside her townhouse.
According to Ciccone, Bynum was a contact in Dwomfour's phone under the acronym "FCF," which authorities believe stands for "Fire Congress Fellowship," a church that the congresswoman was previously affiliated with, "which was also associated with the Champion Royal Assembly, the victim's church at the time of her death."
On the day of the shooting, Bynum allegedly searched online for information on the Champion Royal Assembly church and the Sayreville area, according to Ciccone.
In the days before the murder, Bynum allegedly searched online for what magazines were compatible with a specific handgun, she said.
Bynum's phone traveled from Virginia to New Jersey at the time of the murder, and Bynum's physical description matched a witness description of the suspect at the scene, Ciccone said.
Officials did not discuss a possible motive and did not take questions from reporters.
Ciccone called it a "complex, extensive case."
Dwumfour, a business analyst and a part-time emergency medical technician, was elected as a Republican to the Sayreville Borough Council in 2021, defeating an incumbent Democrat.
"There are no words that can be said to you to make you whole," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said to Dwumfour's family, who attended the press conference. "I did not know Eunice. I wish I had. But I know that she was a public servant."
"I hope that today is the beginning of a healing process, and also the beginning of a sense of justice," he added.