Overview
- Police discovered a male teenager’s body at a home on Orchard Terrace in Salem and opened a suspicious-death investigation.
- State officials identified the victim as 15-year-old Wichai Saksene of Massachusetts and investigators are notifying his next of kin.
- The medical examiner found a single gunshot wound to the chest and ruled the death a homicide.
- Police and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office say they believe they know everyone involved and that there is no known threat to the public.
- Neighbors reported hearing yelling and commotion before officers arrived, and investigators spent the day processing the scene as the case remains under active review.