<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russell Heller, a GOP councilman in Milford, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-jersey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Jersey</a>, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/second-nj-gop-councilman-shot-to-death-one-week-after-eunice-dwumfour-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fatally shot</a> earlier this week over a prior workplace dispute, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heller, 51, was found dead Wednesday morning in the parking lot of PSE&amp;G, a local energy company where he worked as a senior distribution supervisor. Roughly three hours after discovering Heller, police found and identified the lifeless body of 58-year-old Gary Curtis, one of Heller’s former coworkers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The investigation has revealed that the motive for the homicide in which Mr. Curtis fatally shot Mr. Heller was due to prior employment disciplinary actions between subordinate and supervisor,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement, </span><a href="https://www.nj.com/somerset/2023/02/family-of-former-pseg-employee-accused-in-workplace-murder-suicide-beyond-shocked.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to NJ.com.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Authorities said that Curtis used a legally-owned handgun to murder Heller before fleeing the scene and driving to nearby Bridgewater, where he shot himself in his car. Curtis was reportedly fired last year from PSE&amp;G, and his family told NJ.com that they remember hearing him discuss problems at work and mentioning that Heller was his supervisor, but he never specified why he was fired.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curtis’ family members were “beyond shocked” that he would resort to violence, describing his actions as “out of character.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We never knew him to be a person who would ever be pushed to a point where he would carry out something that he did,” his cousin Robert Williams said. “We’re just beyond shocked. We’re sad for everyone who is involved in this situation.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 58-year-old suspected murderer filed a harassment complaint with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in 2021 or 2022, but said that PSE&amp;G did “nothing” to address it, according to Williams.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The quick revelations about the case from the prosecutor’s office in Somerset County are a stark contrast to the New Jersey prosecutor’s office investigating the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-gop-councilwoman-gunned-down-in-her-car-police-looking-for-suspect-motive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slaying</a> of GOP Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, which occurred exactly one week prior to Heller’s murder.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More than a week after Dwumfour was shot as many as 14 times as she pulled up to her Sayreville home, authorities have not made any arrests or revealed any information about a suspect, weapon, or motive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecutors-office-seeks-to-block-records-on-gop-councilwomans-murder-from-going-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested</a> an injunction to block news outlets from obtaining important information about Dwumfour’s murder, arguing that releasing any information to the public about the councilwoman’s death would hinder law enforcement’s investigation.</span></p>

<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

NJ GOP Councilman Was Murdered Over ‘Employment Disciplinary Actions,’ Prosecutor’s Office Says

CONTINUE READING

Taxpayer-Funded Exorcisms? The Medicaid Debate Just Got Wild

WATCH: Footage Shows Engine Fly Off UPS Plane Before Crash Killed 15

Violent Teen Takeover Erupts Inside Chipotle As Officials Promise Parents Won’t Escape Blame

Secret Service Agent, Chinese Security Get Into Standoff During Trump Visit

Drinking Water For Thousands Threatened After Disturbing Discovery Underwater

Police ID Man Hit By Frontier Jet, Reveal Horrifying Final Moments

News

Crime

Murder

New Jersey

U.S.

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— News —

NJ GOP Councilman Was Murdered Over ‘Employment Disciplinary Actions,’ Prosecutor’s Office Says