An American politician was shot dead on Wednesday, exactly one week after a councilwoman was killed just 15miles away.
Republican Russell Heller, 51, was found dead shortly after 7am at the parking lot of the local energy company he worked at.
Gary Curtis, 58, who was identified by police as the potential assailant, was later found dead in a suspected suicide.
The incident in New Jersey comes exactly one week after another local Grand Old Party official was killed in the Garden State.
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