NJ Woman Shot 2 Siblings During Robbery, Then Shot Herself By Mistake: Prosecutors

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A North Jersey woman has been found guilty of attempted murder after she shot two people during a robbery last year – and then shot herself by mistake, prosecutors announced this week.

According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the armed robbery took place near the intersection of South 17th Street and 19th Avenue in Newark on Feb. 19, 2025.

The victims – Comfort Kollie, 41, and her brother, Moses Kromah, 39, both of Newark – were traveling in Kollie’s Toyota RAV4 when a Ford F150 pickup truck cut them off.

Tia Roulhac, 43, of Newark, got out of the truck and approached the driver’s side of the Toyota, pointing a handgun at the siblings as she got closer, prosecutors said.

Roulhac demanded that Kromah hand over his jacket. After he gave it to her, Roulhac fired twice at the siblings. One bullet struck Kromah in the neck, and the other struck Kollie in the chest, authorities said.

Roulhac fled the scene, but later returned to the 400-block of South 17th Street, where she accidentally shot herself in the groin with the same handgun, prosecutors said.

The handgun was later recovered under the porch of a nearby home.

Kollie, Kromah and Roulhac were each transported to University Hospital for treatment.

On Oct. 29, a jury found Roulhac guilty of two counts of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, third-degree possession of a firearm weapon without a serial number (ghost gun), fourth-degree possession of hollow nose bullets, and fourth-degree possession of a large-capacity magazine.

Roulhac is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 15, 2027. She faces a sentence of up to 20 years in New Jersey state prison for each first-degree offense, prosecutors said.

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