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Northwood Police were sent to a domestic disturbance call in a fight between Malcolm Burns and his father. Police arrived and allegedly engaged in an altercation with Burns and shot and killed him.

https://www.wmur.com/article/northwood-new-hampshire-shooting-update-101/62471453

Police stopped a vehicle on the Piscataqua river bridge that had been wanted. A man had killed a woman and abducted a child. Police approached the vehicle. Details are unknown, but police shot and killed the man. They found an eight-year-old boy shot dead in the vehicle also.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/29/piscataqua-river-bridge-man-killed-child-found-dead/74993448007/

A Manchester officer on foot approached a man and asked to speak with him. Police did not state why they stopped the man. It is unknown what transpired but police claim the man took a pistol out of his pocket, was engaged in an altercation with the officer where a bullet from the pistol was fired and was shot and killed by police.

https://www.wmur.com/article/manchester-new-hampshire-man-shot-police-62824/61455786

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/officer-in-deadly-bridge-street-shooting-identified/article_5a312e18-448f-11ef-b41c-832f491813df.html

https://www.necn.com/news/local/police-investigation-causing-road-closures-in-manchester-nh/3270196/

https://www.necn.com/news/local/authorities-id-man-shot-and-killed-by-police-in-manchester-nh/3271032/

Merrimack PD, New Hampshire State Police and SWAT responded to a call that someone was being held against their will on Cabot Road in Merrimack. The man let the hostage go but stayed locked in the house and police escalated a militarized SWAT standoff that lasted until the man committed suicide under police duress.

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/hostage-situation-standoff-ends-with-one-dead-in-merrimack/article_2655b7b8-318d-11ef-946f-c7a5a936e245.html

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/merrimack/several-law-enforcement-agencies-swat-standoff-merrimack

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ymz74f-support-for-robinson-family-in-tragic-loss

Police responded to a “Man with a gun” call at Lowe’s, found Ryan Prudhomme with a gun and shot and killed him.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/authorities-identify-man-killed-police-involved-shooting-outside-lowes-new-hampshire/ECHFX7OUX5BEXLMKPPFNP3SLJQ/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/06/man-shot-and-killed-by-police-in-nashua-had-gun-at-hardware-store-nh-ag-says.html

https://wgme.com/news/local/man-shot-killed-by-police-outside-lowes-store-in-new-hampshire-nashua-ryan-prudhomme-gun-violence-officer-involved-shooting

A man was wanted after threatening someone’s life. Marlow PD combed the woods near his house for him and found him deceased from suicide under police duress.

https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/man-wanted-for-criminal-threatening-found-dead-in-marlow/article_26023d5e-1eb4-11ef-a1c2-ab71e50c2998.html

https://www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-media/wanted-man-located-deceased

Nashua Police chased a vehicle after a reported assault until the car crashed, killing both driver and passenger.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/1-dead-another-injured-after-crash-in-nashua-nh/3346066/

Nashua Police chased a vehicle after a reported assault until the car crashed, killing both driver and passenger.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/1-dead-another-injured-after-crash-in-nashua-nh/3346066/

New Hampshire Police confronted Joseph Russell while investigating auto thefts. Russell was hunted down with a K9 and allegedly pulled a weapon and was shot and killed.

https://www.wmur.com/article/rochester-nh-police-involved-shooting-joseph-russell/60146257

https://www.fosters.com/story/news/local/2024/03/12/joseph-russell-autopsy-suspect-shot-multiple-times-rochester/72930343007/

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/rochester-man-shot-killed-after-police-pursuit-k-9-takedown-nh-ag-says/article_d29f3944-de69-11ee-967b-a7b1cb042189.html

Nashua police were sent on a domestic violence call, found a man with a gun and shot and killed him, according to the Attorney General.

https://wgme.com/news/local/domestic-disturbance-leads-to-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-nashua-nh-new-hampshire-attorney-generals-office-marie-avenue

Manchester Police saw Jake Chiardonna in a stolen vehicle and sent a K9 to attack him. He defended himself with a screwdriver, injuring the animal. Police shot and killed him.

https://whdh.com/news/man-who-allegedly-stabbed-police-dog-during-standoff-dies-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-manchester-nh/

A 911 caller in Franklin told police she was unharmed but her neighbor was making noise and may be trying to smash through her door. Police arrived and allege that the man had tried to shoot at the door and they called SWAT. A shelter-in-place order was called. Thick black smoke emanated from the apartment. It is not known whether the man or possible SWAT munitions caused the smoke. Police fired shots and the man fired back. When the smoke cleared, he was found shot to death. It is unknown how many SWAT and other officers fired shots at him.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-shot-killed-by-police-during-confrontation-in-new-hampshire-ag-says/3196410/

Bradley Haas, 63, the former police chief of Franklin, NH, a police officer for 28 years, was working after retirement as a security guard in the lobby of a New Hampshire state psychiatric facility when an armed man entered and shot and killed him. The shooter was shot and killed by New Hampshire State Police.

https://www.wilx.com/2023/11/17/police-shooting-with-multiple-victims-new-hampshire-hospital/

Rockingham County deputies saw a vehicle with front end damage that was also missing an inspection sticker and they escalated a chase. The driver fled and deputies chased the vehicle into Hampton where the Greenland PD joined the hunt. Police chased the vehicle until it lost control and crashed in the woods near 424 Ocean Road, killing John Toussaint. This fatal chase was undertaken for the stated reasons of only a missing registration sticker and a driver who did not stop for police.

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/09/29/driver-dies-portsmouth-ocean-road-crash-pursuit/71004254007/
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2023/10/02/ocean-road-crash-portsmouth-nh-police-identify-driver-who-died/71031360007/

Manchester PD received a 911 call about a person with a gun at 1143 Mammoth Road just before 3:30 a.m. Police arrived and met the individual outside of a home at an apartment complex and opened fire. Four officers fired their guns at the person and one additional officer discharged a less-lethal munition. Alex Richard Makalii Naone was killed.No officers were charged.

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/bedford-nh/armed-hooksett-man-shot-killed-confrontation-manchester-cops

Brandon Janak was pursued by police on May 23, 2023 and crashed at Laconia and Church Roads and died. Police state that he had unspecified warrants.

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/person-in-franklin-motorcycle-crash-drug-possession-dies-at-hospital/article_be6fe25e-15e0-11ee-ba2d-4f9bb595e3e8.html

Guilford PD was called about a minor with mental health issues and a knife. They arrived and officerNathan Ayotte deployed a taser while Sgt. Douglas Wall fired one shot, killing Merrill Mischa Pataski-Fay.No officers were charged.

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/man-armed-knife-shot-killed-gilford-police-inside-house

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/17-year-old-reportedly-armed-with-knife-shot-killed-by-nh-police-inside-home/U7KRBW52KFABFEY2MZ2WYQDNOI/

https://www.currentobituary.com/obit/272063

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-01-04/police-shot-gilford-teen-allegedly-armed-with-a-knife-within-two-minutes-of-arriving-call-logs-show

https://www.wmur.com/article/gilford-shooting-mischa-fay-officers-identified-1723/42424069#

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/gilford-shooting-victim-identified-as-teenager/article_a776f60c-8bb4-11ed-a850-cf4027c94147.html

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/01/09/new-hampshire-police-shooting-mischa-fay/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2023-01-07/attorney-general-names-officers-involved-in-shooting-death

Police allege that Husejnović refused to leave his vehicle. Six officers opened fire and shot and killed him.

https://whdh.com/news/officials-6-officers-open-fire-kill-armed-man-in-new-hampshire/

https://www.doj.nh.gov/news/2022/20220714-manchester-officer-involved.htm

Police received a call that Christopher Coppola was seen driving around the neighborhood with a shotgun, had pointed it at a neighbor who shot and injured him. Police located Coppola and claim he fired a shot at them. Three officers shot and killed him.

https://manchesterinklink.com/officer-involved-shooting-derry-man-dead-after-police-call-for-a-man-with-a-shotgun/

https://www.eagletribune.com/news/new_hampshire/update-man-killed-in-police-involved-shooting-identified/article_6a36d23a-b842-11ec-8068-ab7303668859.html

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/autopsy-confirms-single-gunshot-wound-to-the-chest-killed-derry-man/article_61577e66-d8f9-540d-8865-2ae2f0c5b7d3.html

https://www.wmur.com/article/derry-nh-officer-involved-shooting-victims-death-ruled-a-homicide/39683969#

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-attorney-generals-office-identifies-officers-derry-shooting-42822/39855693

https://www.wmur.com/article/fatal-shooting-derry-justified-investigation/42101899

Open Records Summary :
New Hampshire State Police were sent to a domestic violence call an shot and killed Christopher Tkal, alleging he had a rifle. A rifle was allegedly found under him. No BWC exists. The SWAT shooter officer, Noah Sanctuary, had been involved in a fatal SWAT killing of Jeffrey Ely, 41, in Claremont on March 31, 2021, less than a year before killing Tkal.

https://www.wmur.com/article/officer-involved-shooting-in-walpole-nh-leaves-one-dead/39152053#

https://www.concordmonitor.com/AG-Man-dies-of-multiple-gunshot-wounds-in-police-encounter-in-Walpole-45202531

https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/state-officials-announce-name-of-trooper-who-fatally-shot-walpole-man-last-month/article_f03220eb-6a8e-5c6d-b4fa-03d734034a4b.html

https://indepthnh.org/2022/03/16/trooper-involved-in-fatal-walpole-shooting-also-involved-in-shooting-last-year/

According to the family, Romero came home angry, attacked the family dogs and family members, prompting a 911 call. When Rio Rancho PD arrived, the situation was escalated and police shot him dead, alleging he had held a machete.

https://rrobserver.com/rrpd-officers-fatal-shooting/

https://rrobserver.com/man-charged-with-machete/