Investigators recovered two different sets of shell casings outside the townhouse complex where Sayreville councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was shot to death on the night of Feb. 1, 2023, the attorney for the man accused in the shooting, said in court on Monday. Rashad Ali Bynum, of Portsmouth, Virginia, faces charges of murder and weapons offenses in Dwumfour’s killing.
His defense attorney Michael Ashley told the judge Monday that ballistics from two different weapons - 9mm and .38-caliber guns - were found on the street outside the Camelot La Mer townhouse complex, where Dwumfour was gunned down. Ashley told Judge Joseph Paone that the different ballistics suggest there were two shooters involved in the murder – hinting at what would likely be a big part of the defense strategy if the case goes to trial.
Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was shot to death Wednesday night, Feb. 1, 2023, in her car outside her home in the Camelot at La Mer luxury rental complex. At the crime scene “there were two sets of projectiles and two shooters instead of one,” Ashley told the judge during a status conference held at the courthouse in New Brunswick.
Ashley said the two sets of bullets are detailed in the state’s ballistics report it intends to use at trial, and “at least two” of the projectiles found at the crime scene are .38-caliber, he said. The state has always maintained that Bynum was lone shooter and used a 9mm handgun, which was recovered when authorities arreste.