Crime & Safety

1 Dead After Police Shooting At Manchester Home: AG

Officers found a man armed outside the home and "multiple police officers ultimately discharged their firearms," the attorney general said.

MANCHESTER, NH — A man who was armed with a gun is dead following a police shooting in Manchester early Friday morning, according to a news release from Attorney General John M. Formella's office.

The shooting happened at a home on Mammoth Road, to where Manchester police responded around 3:30 a.m. after receiving a call about a person with a gun, officials said.

Officers found the man outside the home and "multiple Manchester police officers ultimately discharged their firearms," during the encounter, according to officials.

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"Life-saving measures were attempted, but the armed resident was shot and has died," officials wrote. "No law enforcement officers or other private citizens have been physically injured, and there is no threat to the public."

The identity of that individual is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to officials. An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday.

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The names of the officers involved in the incident are being withheld as officials conduct interviews, officials said. The initial responding officers were wearing body cameras.

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