Overview
- State officials said three Manchester officers fired during a confrontation that followed a vehicle pursuit, crash, and foot chase near 293 South Mammoth Road.
- The Attorney General’s Office identified the deceased as 24-year-old Nickenley Turenne of Manchester.
- An autopsy found Turenne died of multiple gunshot wounds, and the medical examiner classified the manner of death as homicide.
- Police said the encounter began around 4:43 p.m. Saturday after officers found a man and woman asleep in a suspicious vehicle and the driver fled.
- Manchester’s officers were placed on five days of paid administrative leave, the New Hampshire DOJ and State Police Major Crime Unit are investigating, and a homeowner told local media their house was struck during the gunfire.