Family of slain New Jersey councilwoman appeals for help in finding her killer [Video]

What You Need To Know!

• A New Jersey councilwoman was shot dead outside her home on February 1st.
• Police have yet to make an arrest in the case, and the family is appealing for help.
• Surveillance cameras and eyewitnesses suggest that a man fired into her car before fleeing the scene.

Sayreville Borough Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, a 30-year-old mother and former EMT, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on February 1st outside her townhouse. Her family is now appealing for help as police have yet to make an arrest in the case. The investigation is still ongoing.

Surveillance cameras picked up a shadowy figure running near the scene, and eyewitnesses told dispatchers they saw a man firing into her car before taking off on foot. Neighbors reported hearing between six and nine gunshots before the sound of the victim’s car slamming into a row of parked cars.

One 911 caller delivered a shocking eyewitness account from the Camelot at La Mer complex. “I heard gunshots. I looked out my window,” he told the dispatcher around 7:23 p.m. on Feb. 1. “I saw a man shooting into the driver’s side of a white vehicle three times, and then he ran away.”

Dwumfour’s mother, Mary Dwumfour, appealed to the public at a news briefing, saying, “I need justice for my daughter. Please, God, help me.”

Her family has only been contacted twice by police since the slaying, according to Gothamist. Dwumfour’s husband, Peter Akwue, declined to comment, telling Fox News Digital that he would speak with his attorney first. Both Dwumfour and Akwue were pastors in the same church, where they initially met.

Dwumfour had a 12-year-old daughter and stepchildren. She was previously a pastor, an EMT, spent time working in a medical office, worked for church-based nonprofits, and had served on the council’s Human Relations Commission – focused on human rights and building peace.

Her borough council colleague, Christian Onuoha, expressed concern over the lack of progress in the investigation, saying, “When we see videos of people running from that complex, you begin to wonder who really gains from this? When something like that happens, you want to see law enforcement on top of it.” Sayreville police are asking for anyone with surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the Harbor Club and La Mer developments to share video from between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the night of the crime.

They are also seeking dashcam video from drivers who may have been on Ernston Road, Gondek Drive, or Point of Woods Drive around that time.

Source: foxnews.com