Attempted Murder, Other Charges Issued In Healy Memorial Park Homeless Camp Shooting Case

CONCORD, NH — A suspect in a shooting at a homeless camp in Concord faces new charges, including an attempted murder, six weeks after the incident.

Vincent Mott, 33, a homeless man now located in Concord, was arrested on Thursday on eight new felony charges, including attempted murder, first-degree assault, reckless conduct, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, falsifying physical evidence, and two second-degree assault.

According to police, an anonymous tip on Jan. 16 regarding a shooting in the area of Healy Memorial Park on Basin Street was reported to the department, including information stating the victim was missing. There was also no specific information as to exactly where the shooting took place, Lt. Thomas Yerkes of the Concord Police Department said.

The next day, police learned the victim was in a tent at the homeless camp at Healy Park. Concord fire and rescue teams and officers were sent to the camp to find the victim. When he was found, they confirmed he had a gunshot wound to the head, and he was taken to Concord Hospital.

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“During the investigation,” Yerkes said, “the Concord Police Department received several anonymous tips regarding details of the incident.”

The Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit was able to find and arrest Mott three days later in Bicentennial Square on warrants that were not connected to the shooting.

According to court documents, Mott failed to appear on a revocation charge and a requisition case status hearing in Concord District Court on Oct. 24, 2024, after being released on $2,000 cash bail. He also failed to appear on loitering or prowling, felony receiving stolen property charges, and on drug sale and two possession charges, all felonies, in three separate cases in Concord District Court on Oct. 28, 2024. Mott also failed to appear at a dispositional conference hearing in Merrimack County Superior Court on second-degree assault-domestic violence-strangulation and domestic violence-simple assault charges on Oct. 30, 2024.

At the time of the arrest, Mott was searched and accused of possessing a .38 Ruger handgun and a baggie of drugs believed to be fentanyl that he tried to destroy or consume, an affidavit said.

Mott was charged with felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, falsifying physical evidence, and two possession of controlled drug charges, all felonies. He was held on preventative detention.

“Following Mott’s arrest,” Yerkes said, “detectives from the Concord Police Department continued their investigation, executing search warrants, collecting evidence, and conducting interviews with the victim and witnesses.”

The results of the investigations led to the new charges, he added.

Mott was arraigned on Friday and is still being held at county.

Mott is no stranger to the police. He is a felon due to a September 2017 conviction in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County, Nevada, and also has other convictions in Arizona and California, according to officials. Locally, was arrested on a warrant in March 2023 and a driving after revocation charge in November 2023.

In July 2024, he was arrested as a fugitive from justice out of Massachusetts on a warrant out of Suffolk County Superior Court from February 2024, accusing him of assault with a dangerous weapon with serious bodily injury on a family member, operating under the influence of drugs, violation of an abuse prevention order, and fleeing the Bay State, according to documents. Mott was also accused of second-degree assault-strangulation and domestic violence-second-degree assault-strangulation charges and was arrested on North Main Street. The victim was reportedly an intimate partner.

Mott was arrested on a loitering and prowling charge in August 2024 after an incident or investigation on Fort Eddy Road. In September 2024, he was arrested on a bench warrant and then sale and possession of controlled drugs after an incident or investigation at Quick Stop at 201 S. Main St. Mott was picked up on a felony receiving stolen property charge in October 2024 after an investigation or incident at the Best Western on Hall Street.

Mott has a dispositional conference in Merrimack County Superior Court on April 30 on the receiving stolen property-$1,501-plus, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, falsifying physical evidence, possession of a controlled drug for sale, and four other possession of a controlled drug charges, according to court records.

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