Shooting Investigated In Central NH

MANCHESTER, NH — Police in Manchester are investigating two separate shooting incidents in the city, according to alerts online. Earlier this morning, a victim was reportedly shot in the area of Central Street at just before 8:30 a.m. The victim was transported to a local hospital.

At about the same time, Central High School was placed in lockdown after a 911 call reporting that a man had been shot in the area. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Bedford NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

The school call, however, appears to have been a hoax, according to posts on the Manchester Information Facebook site.

New Hampshire State Police reportedly posted a BOLO – “be on the lookout” – at around 9 a.m. on Sept. 7, 2017, for a black Mercury Mountaineer with a NH plate beginning with 425 that might be related to the shooting incident, the Manchester Emergency Alert Center noted on its Facebook site.

An hour ago, police called a SWAT team to a rooming house on Amherst Street. Lt. Brian O’Keefe of the Manchester Police Department stated that officers were searching for a potential suspect in the building.

Police have closed down several streets and have evacuated rooming house tenants.

Rooming house residents getting evacuated on Amherst Street between Pine and Union streets pic.twitter.com/72TxtbeXNT
— Dave Lane (@Lane603) September 7, 2017

Manchester SWAT raid rooming house at 170 Amherst St. looking for possible suspect from shooting this morning pic.twitter.com/Q0ICZ0oTWA
— Dave Lane (@Lane603) September 7, 2017

Credit: Jeffrey Hastings/Frame of Mind Photography. FrameofMindPhoto.com.

Bedford NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.