Authorities have released few details after Tomeka Kamwani and the suspected shooter were found dead.
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Police are investigating a fatal shooting on Broad Street that left 41-year-old Tomeka Patricia Kamwani dead and the suspected shooter dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The public record of the case remains divided between brief official statements, court details reported from an earlier arrest and relatives’ accounts of what happened inside Kamwani’s home. Woolwich Township police responded in the early morning hours of March 28 to the 300 block of Broad Street. Officers said there was no continuing threat to the public after the scene was secured.
Kamwani’s family identified the suspected shooter as her former fiancé and described the case as a murder-suicide tied to domestic violence. Relatives said two of Kamwani’s children were inside the home during the shooting and were not physically injured. Police have not publicly released the suspect’s name, the final investigative timeline or the full findings from the scene.
Reports from the earlier criminal case show that the relationship had already reached court. Kamwani had obtained a restraining order in February, relatives said. The man was later arrested after prosecutors said he broke into her home, struck her and threatened to kill her if she contacted police. In court, a prosecutor said Kamwani reported that he laughed about the security of her door and showed her a card he used to get inside.
The February charges included burglary, terroristic threats, criminal mischief and simple assault. A prosecutor asked that the man be held until trial, but a judge denied that request March 3 and released him on bond under no-contact conditions. It remains unclear from available reports whether any additional alleged violations were formally reported between that release and the fatal shooting.
Kamwani was remembered by relatives as a nurse, mother, daughter, sister and friend. Her sister, Lakiecha Brooks, said at a vigil that the turnout from the community showed how many people Kamwani had reached. Brooks also said Kamwani’s patients remembered her after leaving her care, a detail relatives used to describe the compassion she brought to work and home.
The family fundraiser created after her death said Kamwani’s four children, Gavyn, Aiden, Bryson and Ava, were her purpose. It said donations would go toward the children’s ongoing needs after the death of their mother. Relatives said the children’s loss extends beyond the immediate shock of the shooting because their daily routines, home life and future care were changed at once.
At the vigil, Barbera Brooks Faltz, Kamwani’s aunt, said the family could not make sense of the killing. “That’s about all I can think about: Why would he want to do that?” she said. “People break up.” Other relatives used the gathering to call attention to warning signs they believe were present before Kamwani died.
Currently, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and Woolwich Township police have not announced a criminal prosecution because the suspected shooter is dead. The remaining public step is the investigative closeout, which could clarify the timeline, prior court contacts and how the shooting unfolded inside the Broad Street home.
Author note: Last updated April 27, 2026.