https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/police-se ... man-death/
The administrator, 45, had lost his re-election bid in June’s primary election in the wake of German’s reporting being published.
Telles, a Democrat, repeatedly referenced the reporter and his articles on Twitter, writing in a June 18 tweet: “Looking forward to lying smear piece #4 by @JGermanRJ. #onetrickpony I think he’s mad that I haven’t crawled into a hole and died.”
The US has always been a place where murder can be implied for "messing with" someone but Murder of a Journalist should always be cause for extra concern.