Man shot and killed by police in Manchester, New Hampshire
A man was shot and killed by police following a crash early Saturday morning in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The incident began near Green Acres Elementary School by South Mammoth Road after police received a call for a suspicious car around 4:30 a.m. Officers responded to the area and found a man and woman asleep inside a vehicle.
"When awoken, the male driver fled at a high rate of speed, and the police pursued the vehicle until it crashed," The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said in a statement.
The man fled the scene after the vehicle crashed, which resulted in police chasing him on foot. A "subsequent encounter with police" resulted in the man being shot, the Attorney General's office said.
A man who only identified himself as Bill lives right next to where the shooting occurred. He said he saw police chasing after the suspect.
"I saw [the cops] go down the street, and I saw them shoot like seven times," Bill said.
The man was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. He was identified as 24-year-old Nickenely Turenne of Manchester.
"It's very shocking. Couldn't imagine what happened," one resident said.
A quiet neighborhood
The shooting took place near a school and rattled neighbors who said it is a quiet neighborhood.
"Muffled pops and then that was kind of it. They always say, 'Don't run from the police.' That's the biggest thing. If you're innocent, just stop, follow their commands," resident Rick Smith said.
South Mammoth Road remained closed on Saturday as police spoke to neighbors about the incident.
"It's a busier street. Nothing like this. Never had anything to this magnitude," Smith said.
"There's a lot of families. Everybody is very kind to each other," a resident said. "It's pretty disturbing."
The shooting is under investigation by New Hampshire State Police.
Manchester, New Hampshire is over 50 miles from Boston, Massachusetts.