Downtown Concord Disturbance Leads To Shooting In Eagle Square: Watch

CONCORD, NH — While Concord fire and rescue teams, with some help from police, were busy fighting a fire on Rumford Street on Saturday, a man was shot in Downtown Concord.

Around 1 a.m., police were called to the area of Eagle Square and Capitol and North Main streets for a report of a shooting.

When they arrived, officers found a man had been shot. The officers administered first aid until Henniker firefighters arrived to assist, Stefanie Brenton, a public information officer for the city, said. Henniker and other firefighters provided mutual aid to the city during the Rumford Street fire. The Tri-Town ambulance took the man to Concord Hospital.

“His condition is unknown at this time,” she said.

New Hampshire State Police troopers arrived to assist.

Police, during their investigation, found out the parties involved were “patronizing a restaurant-bar in the area prior to the shooting,” Breton said.

“The incident occurred near closing time,” she said, “and it is believed that there were several witnesses.”

The area is still taped off at post time.

Breton said Concord police requested anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them and ask to speak with an investigator (603-225-8600).

This is the second shooting in less than a week in Concord.

State police arrested Ezra Burdette, 20, of Concord on Thursday and accused him of firing a gun on Rumford Street in the North End on Aug. 20. Investigators suspect the shooting was a road rage incident.

On Aug. 12, Jeremy Ducharme of Concord was arrested on reckless conduct and other charges after a biker brawl turned shooting in April about a block from Saturday’s incident.

NEWS 603 posted a video on Facebook of the shooting scene.

Information about this case also be submitted anonymously through the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100 or online through the Crimeline website at: www.concordregionalcrimeline.com, or text message TIP234 and your message to CRIMES (274637).

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