Burlington County shooting leaves two dead at home, prosecutor says

Two women were shot and killed by an intruder in their Willingboro Township home early Wednesday. Investigators believe it was a targeted killing, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said Thursday.

Police responded to a burglary call just after 4 a.m. on Harrington Circle in the Hawthorne Park section and found the bodies of Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54, Bradshaw said.

The women were found in an upstairs bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined the intruder broke a first-floor window to gain entry and fled before police arrived, Bradshaw said, adding that the killer remained at large.

Burlington County Medical Examiner Ian Hood performed autopsies on both women and determined they died of gunshot wounds, Bradshaw said.

Law enforcement officials do not believe other residents in the area are in danger, Bradshaw said.