MILFORD, N.J. — New Jersey leaders are mourning the loss of a councilman who was killed in what police said was a targeted workplace shooting on Wednesday.
Russell Heller was fatally shot outside utility company PSE&G's Somerset Central Division Headquarters in Franklin Township, where he was the senior distribution supervisor, officials said."The Milford Borough Council is deeply saddened by the loss and our hearts go out to his family," Milford Mayor Henri Schepens said in a statement."He was so full of life, it's just unbelievable that he's gone. Something like this has never happened in borough history.
Franklin Township police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting victim in the parking lot of the PSE&G location around 7 a.m. Wednesday, the department said. Heller was found dead from a gunshot wound, police said. The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office along with Franklin Township Police are continuing to investigate the homicide.
PSE&G said it was"heartbroken" over the death of Heller, who had been a supervisor with the company for over 11 years.
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