LITTLE EGG HARBOR — A business owner was shot by a man who believed the victim was having a relationship with the gunman's estranged wife, investigators say.
Donald Rutter, 51, remains on the run after being charged with the attempted murder of Thomas Jarvis on Jan. 5.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Rutter shot Jarvis at Jarvis Marine on Radio Road in Little Egg Harbor before fleeing. He remained a fugitive as of early Tuesday afternoon.
According to an affidavit filed by investigators in Superior Court in Ocean County, Rutter blamed Jarvis, 55, for the breakup of his 18-year marriage.
Two weeks before the shooting, his wife told him that she "no longer wanted to be with him as a result of his drinking," the affidavit says.