NJ prosecutor’s office detective sergeant shot to death in home invasion
🚨 Door of detective Sgt. Monica Mosley's home was kicked in on Tuesday night
🚨Mosley was found dead by responding officers
🚨 An individual has been detained
BRIDGETON — A Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office detective sergeant was fatally shot during a home invasion Tuesday night.
Bridgeton Chief of Police Michael Gaimari said police received a 911 call from a home on Buckshutem Road around 10:30 p.m. about several people kicking in the front door.
Police said they found Monica Mosley, 51, had been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A person with a gunshot wound was treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden and detained after being questioned by New Jersey State Police troopers. The individual's identity was not disclosed and no arrests have been made.
Gov. Phil Murphy said he is "outraged and heartbroken by the murder" of Mosley.
The chief did not disclose if anyone else was in the house at the time.
Gaimari, on the Bridgeton police Facebook page, called Mosley's death "devastating" and promised that justice would be served.
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"Truly devastating"
A joint investigation is underway by the State Police Major Crime Bureau, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bridgeton Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau.
“All of law enforcement feels the loss deeply, but our hearts go out to her family and friends including those that worked with her daily,” said Gaimari. “It’s truly devastating."
Gaimari said that he has known Mosley for her entire career.
Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae, in a statement, said Mosley was a "constant friend and role model for all with whom she served and led in the law enforcement community throughout Cumberland County and beyond.
Mosley began working in the CCPO in 2006 as a paralegal specialist and became a detective sergeant in 2009, according to Webb-McRae. She served with Trial Teams, the Special Victims Unit, the Communtiy Justice Unit and internal affairs where she was the unit supervisor.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-465-1135 or by texting BPD.TIPS to Bridgeton police.
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