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Bonnie Hitchens murder: New details emerge in the slaying of the mother of 5 outside her Millville, NJ store
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Bonnie Hitchens murder: New details emerge in the slaying of the mother of 5 outside her Millville, NJ store

MILLVILLE, N.J. (WPVI) — Court documents revealed new details Tuesday about a double shooting that left a mother of five dead Outside a grocery store in Millville, New Jersey.

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Police said he was 41 years old Bonnie Hitchens He was shot and killed inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a store on East Greene Street on Saturday.

A 31-year-old person in the vehicle was also shot and injured. Family members identified him as Hitchens’ longtime boyfriend.

Investigators say 34-year-old Eric Bundy-Johnson and 34-year-old Francessca Delvalle Both were arrested on Sunday He is accused of murder and other crimes.

According to a probable cause affidavit, a car driven by Delvalle pulled up next to the victim’s vehicle, where a verbal altercation ensued.

Delvalle was reportedly caught shouting accusations allegedly involving the father of her child and Hitchens.

READ MORE: A mother of five died and a man was injured in a shooting in the parking lot of a store in South Jersey.

Shortly after, authorities allege Bundy-Johnson got out of the vehicle, wearing a mask, and fired four shots into the car before fleeing the scene.

In an interview with police after his arrest, Bundy-Johnson claimed he “blacked out” and shot both victims because he “felt like people were constantly trying to manipulate him,” according to charging documents.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT

Delvalle allegedly told police that Bundy-Johnson was the father of her child and that he fired the fatal shots. He also allegedly told officers he tried to tell Bundy-Johnson not to get out of the car.

The teams managed to track the vehicle using security camera footage.

Hitchens’ daughter: “My mother did not deserve this” he told Action News over the weekend. “He wasn’t a bad person. He wasn’t a bad person at all.”

“I’m still trying to wrap my head around all of this,” added the man’s sister, Shardinae Wise. “I’m trying to understand exactly why this happened.”

Wise said his brother, who is in stable health, also had difficulty understanding how such a tragic situation became his reality.

Both suspects are being held in the Cumberland County Jail.

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