NJ Transit Bus Driver Shot, Killed In Gloucester County; Shooter Kills Self

The woman who fatally shot an NJ Transit bus driver in Washington Township, Gloucester County, has taken her own life, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Piacenta M. Jackson, 44, of Woodbury, shot herself near a Mantua Township business at Centerton and Trenton streets Tuesday afternoon. Police say she shot and killed 45-year-old Ryon C. Reynolds, of Sicklerville, at an NJ Transit garage on the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township earlier in the day.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, the police departments of Washington and Mantua townships and NJ Transit are investigating the incident. There was no word on motive or what the previous relationship between the two, if any, may have been. Police have said they don't believe this was a random act.

The shooting took place around 1:30 p.m., according to 6 ABC.

The garage, located on the Black Horse Pike off Route 42, has been shut down, but there are no immediate impacts to service, according to the Courier Post.

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