A veterinarian, a volunteer firefighter, and a state trooper are dead in New Jersey – the result of what authorities believe to be a double murder-suicide apparently tied to the jealousy of a former lover.

On Saturday, Dr. Lauren Semanchik, 33, and her boyfriend, Tyler Webb, 29, were found shot to death outside the woman's home in Franklin Township – a suburb of the New York City metro area.

Meanwhile, just seven miles away in nearby Piscataway, New Jersey State Trooper Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo Santos was found dead in a white Mercedes SUV outside of a park – from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, prosecutors said in a press release .

Law enforcement are now admittedly closing the book of formal justice – but provided pages of information about the "targeted act."

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