NJ Doctor's Office Shooting Was Near COVID Test Station: Report

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A Burlington County Corrections officer who has been charged with murder reportedly shot a doctor’s office employee near a coronavirus-testing station.

Bruce Gomola Jr., 51 of Burlington Township, is accused of fatally shooting 41-year-old Stephanie Horton over a dispute concerning Gomola's father at a Delaware Valley Urology Office, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Chief Stephen Riedener.

Gomola took his father to the doctor’s office at about 1 p.m. and got into an argument with Horton in the hallway outside the office in which a coronavirus-testing station is located, nj.com reports. The argument concerned his father’s appointment, but it wasn’t clear if his father was being tested for the coronavirus.

Horton was a patient services representative at the office, located in the 15000 block of Midlantic Drive, and was trying to calm Gomola down when he shot her in the chest with a .40 caliber handgun, according to authorities. The bullet went through her back and struck Riverside resident Bonnie Liebe in the knee. Read more here: Burlington County Corrections Officer Arrested In Fatal Shooting

Horton was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m. at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. More than $5,000 had been raised for Liebe in an online fundraiser that was launched earlier this week. Read more here: $3K Raised For Woman In NJ Doctor’s Office Shooting

Gomola was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree aggravated assault and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.