Overview
- Ashland police say a Main Street traffic stop Monday turned into an exchange of gunfire after the driver pulled a gun, leaving one officer wounded and the driver dead at the scene.
- Prosecutors on Wednesday identified the driver as 24-year-old Demitri Zimmer of Laconia after an autopsy found his cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.
- The injured Ashland officer stayed in the hospital overnight and was released Tuesday, with no other injuries reported and no known threat to the public.
- The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and the State Police Major Crime Unit are leading the investigation, with reviews of any body-camera or cruiser video underway and officer names withheld pending interviews.
- Authorities say this was the third officer-involved shooting in New Hampshire this month, part of a years-long increase that still tends to total single digits annually.