Shooter Had Been Arrested On Weapons Charge

"Logan, NJ - In what appears to be a murder-suicide, the body of a fatally wounded Logan Township woman was found Monday night and the body of a man believed to be her husband, who lived in Gibbstown, was found during execution of warrants at his home about 1 p.m. today.

"The woman was identified as Donna Harbula, 52, of 23 Nortonville Road, Logan Township.

"Her brother called Logan Township police at 7:54 p.m. Monday to report he had found her unconscious in her home.

"Investigators found Harbula had a single gunshot wound to the head. Outside a partially open window of the home were found two shotgun shells.

"The woman's husband, Walter Oswald, 56, lived at 44 W. Vine St., in the Gibbstown section of Greenwich Township,

"The two had had a history of domestic violence, including an incident about 4:15 p.m. Saturday at Harbula's residence in which police were called and removed Oswald.

"Harbula subsequently obtained a temporary restraining order against Oswald.

"In attempting to execute search and arrest warrants at the Oswald residence at about 1 p.m. today, members of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and the Gloucester County Special Weapons and Tactics Unit entered the residence and found a man confirmed to be Oswald, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted shotgun wound.

"Oswald also was arrested on a weapons possession charge for having a shotgun late Saturday by New Jersey State Police, walking along Route 130, about two miles from the Harbula residence.

"State troopers who took him into custody were unaware of the TRO Harbula had obtained, since it had not yet been entered into automated records, and Oswald was released on his own recognizance.

"It is not known whether Harbula was already dead when Oswald was picked up."

Source: NJ.com...