Manchester Cops Search For Suspect After Red Arrow Diner Shooting

MANCHESTER, NH — Queen City police are asking for the public's help finding a Manchester man they claim was involved in a shooting incident downtown Saturday. Police were sent to the area of the Red Arrow Diner on Lowell Street around 2:30 a.m. for a report of shooting. According to Heather Hamel, the public information officer for the Manchester Police Department, there was an argument outside of the diner, and as it escalated, there was gunfire.

"Two men were hit," she said, "one in the neck and one in the lower extremities. Both were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries."

The case led to undercover police officers from Manchester chasing a driver from Interstate 93 to Concord Gardens Apartments on the Concord Heights on Saturday. A man was detained and questioned by police, according to scatter chatter. No one was arrested after the chase, Hamel said.

Police Monday issued an alert requesting help finding Aweis Khamis, 21, of Manchester. He is accused of shooting the men and is wanted on two counts of first-degree assault and a single count of reckless conduct, all felonies.

"Through their investigation, police gathered information that led them to Khamis," Hamel said. "He is believed to have shot the two victims."

If you have any information about this case, contact Manchester Police at 603-668-8711. Anonymous tips will be accepted at the Crime Line at 603-624-4040. There is a reward for information that leads to a conviction, Hamel stated.

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