Unintended Death Investigation Underway In Bicentennial Square

CONCORD, NH — Concord police are investigating an unintended death after a body was found in Bicentennial Square on Sunday.

Limited information is available at post time but police and firefighters were sent to the square at just before 10 a.m. for a report of an unconscious person on the steps behind the water display.

Firefighters were the first to arrive and determined the person to be a "code gray," meaning the person had died. They requested police, according to fire dispatch.

Before the first officers arrived, they were told by police dispatch that the person had died and firefighters cleared the scene about 10 minutes later after officers arrived.

Police put yellow tape around the square to keep the public from the body while officers canvassed the area. Later, cruisers moved to each side of Odd Fellows Avenue to block traffic from the area while waiting for a state medical examiner.

The body was reportedly found by a resident of the Families in Transition apartment building on Market Lane. At post time, police were attempting to communicate with building managers in the area to eye security video footage of the square.

Around 11:30 a.m., the medical examiner arrived at the scene. The body was removed later.

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

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