The two suspectsin Tuesday’s deadly Jersey City shooting rampagethat targeted a Kosher supermarket are also the “prime suspects” in the killing of an Uber driver in Bayonne, N.J. earlier this week, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewalsaid in a press conferenceon Wednesday.
Grewal did not provide any other details into the connection between the shooters and Rumberger, who was found dead in the trunk of a Lincoln town car on Dec. 7.
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Tuesday’s shootout began around noon at the Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, where authorities believe Seals tried to question Anderson and Graham about the homicide before he was killed, Grewal said.
According to the attorney general, Anderson and Graham then parked a white U-Haul van across the street from the JCC Kosher Supermarket at approximately 12:21 p.m. Within seconds of arriving, Anderson exited out the van with a rifle in hand, walked toward the store and immediately began shooting, said Grewal.
Graham soon followed Anderson in the store and began shooting, Grewal said. Three of the civilians in the market — identified as 31-year-old Mindel Ferencz, 49-year-old Miguel Douglas, and 24-year-old Moshe Deutsch — died while one unidentified civilian managed to escape, according to the attorney general.
After an hours-long standoff with police at the store, five bodies — including the two suspects — were found inside. Six people died from the overall attack.
Police were able to recover numerous firearms from the scene of the shootout, as well as a pipe bomb, according to Grewal.
“The bomb was found in the attackers’ van,” FBI agent Gregory Ehrie said in the press conference. “It was a viable device, meaning it could be a device that would have exploded.”
Ehrie said the device was “not complicated, but sophisticated in the sense that time and effort went into creating it.”
At another Wednesday press conference, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said police were on “high alert” while Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop urged the community to stand together.
“I’m Jewish and proud to live in a community like#JerseyCitythat has always welcomed everyone,” Fulop tweeted. “It is the home of#EllisIslandand has always been the golden door to America. Hate and anti-semitism have never had a place here in JC and will never have a place in our city.”
A GoFundMe pagehas been created to help raise money for Seals’ memorial, while anotherGoFundMe campaignhas been set up to help with Rumberger’s burial.
source: people.com
