A Virginia man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of Eunice Dwumfour, a New Jersey councilwoman, ABC News reports.
Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone told reporters Tuesday.
Dwumfour, 30, was the mother of a 12-year-old girl and a leader at her church who worked as a business analyst and part-time as an emergency medical technician.
Dwumfour, a Republican, in 2021 defeated an incumbent Democrat to win a Sayreville Borough Council seat.
Bynum knew Dwumfour from a church, according to the report.
Dwumfour on Feb. 1 suffered multiple gunshot wounds while she was in her SUV outside her home.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin addressed Dwumfour's family, which attended the news conference.
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"There are no words that can be said to you to make you whole," Platkin said.
"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."
