On Sunday, at approximately 5:39 p.m., the Hamilton Township Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call in reference to a deceased male at 13 Lewis Drive, Mays Landing, NJ. Officers arrived and located Gary Johnson, 81, from Mays
Landing, deceased inside the residence. Johnson had multiple wounds to his head and body.
Johnson was pronounced deceased by a pronouncement nurse while at the residence and
transported to the morgue by the South Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The cause and
manner of death are pending an autopsy.
Eileen Bright, 75, also from Mays Landing, was charged in connection to Johnson’s death. She
was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of fourth-degree unlawful possession of a
weapon, and two counts of third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. Bright
was lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending her first court appearance.