Update: The stand-off ended around 8 p.m. tonight, according to police on Twitter. The subject, Michael Ellis, 22, of Haverhill, MA, according to reports online, was wanted for two bank robberies in Massachusetts.
The original post is below.
HAMPTON, NH — Hampton Police are on Fairfield Drive for an incident, possibly involving a fugitive from Massachusetts, according to alerts online. The incident was first reported at just before 3 p.m. by police on Twitter. Residents were being asked to “shelter in place,” at around 3:15 p.m. on June 8, 2017. Residents have been turned away from their homes since around 1 p.m., according to Jason Schreiber of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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Residents on Fairfield Drive in Hampton are being asked to shelter in place as SWAT scene remains active. @UnionLeader pic.twitter.com/I750afmYIr
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/Schreibern... 8, 2017
There is no immediate danger to the public, according to police.
Hampton police say SWAT incident involves a "violent fugitive" inside the home who is wanted by Mass. authorities. @UnionLeader pic.twitter.com/ocxjeaurYy
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/Schreibern... 8, 2017
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Man involved in Hampton standoff was loaded in an ambulance briefly before he was placed in a police vehicle in cuffs. @UnionLeader pic.twitter.com/1k5lPvT2Y5
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/Schreibern... 8, 2017
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