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NJ detective killed during home invasion; suspect found shot at hospital: police

By , and FOX 29 Staff
Updated  October 17, 2024 7:08am EDT
New Jersey
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Residents speak out after detective shot and killed during home invasion

More residents and acquaintances of 51-year-old Monica Mosley are speaking out after the detective was shot and killed in her Bridgeton home late Tuesday night.

BRIDGETON, N.J. - A home invasion in Bridgeton ended in tragedy when a local law enforcement officer was shot to death late Tuesday night,

Officers were called to a home on the 600 block of Buckshutem Road for reports of several people kicking in the front door.

They arrived to find a 51-year-old woman fatally shot inside. She has been identified as Monica Mosley, a sergeant detective with the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office.

Police say the investigation eventually led state police troopers to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where they took a gunshot victim in for questioning.

Officials say no arrests have been made, and no charges have been filed.

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Bridgeton Chief of Police Michael Gaimari called Mosley's death "truly devastating."

The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, where she had served since 2006, said they are mourning the sudden loss.

"Sergeant Mosley was a constant friend and role model for all those with whom she served and led in the law enforcement community throughout Cumberland County and beyond. She will be missed more than words can detail, but she will never be forgotten by her CCPO family."

Detective shot and killed during home invasion; neighbors speak out

Neighbors are speaking out after police say a New Jersey law enforcement officer was shot to death late Tuesday night.

FOX 29's Kelly Rule spoke with those who know Mosley who say they were devastated to find out about the fatal shooting.

A family member tells said the detective for more than a decade, has two daughters and two grandchildren, and was adored by so many including some of her neighbors. 

No one can make sense of it or understand why someone would target her or her home. 

"It's just totally, totally devastating. It hits so close to home it’s hard to believe," Diane Sapp said, still in disbelief about what unfolded just a few doors down from her Bridgeton home. "This don't happen like in our neighborhood and to her of all people? I would've never thought this in a million years that somebody would do this to her," Sapp continued. "Why, that's the question, why?"

The victim's front door was visibly damaged Wednesday, as county deputies and detectives continued to investigate. A friend and classmate of Mosley's—Gary Walker, says his sister lives next door.

"She said she heard something, some loud noise, she went to call her name and didn’t hear no response and that's when she made the phone call at the same time to Bridgeton Police authorities," Walker explained.

The prosecutor's office says Mosley began her career in 2006, became a detective in 2009 and served in various units and was a constant friend and role model for all those whom she served and led. 

"When she came around she always had a smile it was friendly, she was just a gentle person inside and out," Walker said. "I pray justice is served."

Eulysses Mack Jr. found out what happened when FOX 29’s Shawnette Wilson stopped him coming out of a Chinese take-out store not far from where it happened.

He was shocked to hear that the woman killed is 51-year-old Monica Mosley, who he says he knew.

"I knew her from her mother and I knew her for like 12 years, and she was a wonderful woman," said Mack Jr. "She had two girls that I knew of , she had a brother and her mother and I think her father, he passed away in like 2004."

The New Jersey State Police and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office are investigating.

A spokesperson said the investigation is active and ongoing—and they have no further information to release.