NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A church affiliate charged with gunning down a New Jersey councilwoman has been indicted on homicide and weapons costs.

A Middlesex County grand jury handed up the indictment Wednesday towards Rashid Ali Bynum, 29, of Portsmouth, Virginia. He stays within the county jail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 28. It was not recognized Thursday if he has retained an legal professional.

Bynum was arrested in Virginia in May and was extradited to New Jersey final month. He had beforehand lived in Sayreville, the place sufferer Eunice Dwumfour lived together with her 11-year-old daughter and served on the City Council.

Dwumfour, 30, had gotten married simply months earlier than she was gunned down exterior her rented townhome on Feb. 1 as she returned from the grocery retailer. She married a fellow pastor from her Nigerian church, Champions Royal Assembly, at its Abuja headquarters in November, however her husband had not but joined her within the U.S.

Bynum was listed in Dwumfour’s telephone below the acronym “FCF,” or Fire Congress Fellowship, a associated church entity. She was deeply concerned with the prosperity gospel group, serving to lead providers a number of occasions per week in Newark and serving as a church treasurer.

Prosecutors have launched few particulars concerning the case and haven't disclosed a attainable motive.

When Bynum was arrested, prosecutors stated police had used cellphone and car transponder information to recreate his travels on Feb. 1 and tie him to the crime. He additionally matched the outline of the gunman given by neighbors in Sayreville.

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