PORTSMOUTH, NH – The Piscataqua River Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine has been closed after police shot and killed a wanted man and then found a child dead in his car.
According to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, the unidentified man killed a woman at a home on Monadnock Street in Troy overnight and then drove nearly 100 miles to the bridge on Interstate 95 in Portsmouth, which sits on the state line with Kittery, Maine.
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Formella’s office said police “engaged” the man on the bridge and shot him.
8-year-old killed
“Police on the bridge also found an 8-year-old child fatally shot in an adult man’s vehicle. The exact circumstances surrounding this incident remain under active investigation,” the DA’s office said in a statement Thursday morning.
The Maine Attorney General’s Office is also investigating the shooting on the bridge.
Piscataqua River Bridge closed
“There is no threat to the public at this time,” Formella’s office said. The bridge was completely closed at 3 o’clock
“The I-95 Piscataqua River Bridge remains closed in both directions due to the ongoing investigation. Traffic is currently being diverted to the two other local bridges in the area. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.”
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No other information is currently available in the investigation.