CONCORD, NH — Concord police are investigating a shooting on North Spring Street on Saturday morning.
Around 11:30 a.m., Concord police were sent to the area of Warren and North Spring streets for an incident report. The caller told dispatch a man, who might live at a nearby rooming house, attempted to drive into him and then pulled a knife on him.
About two minutes later, the caller reported being shot at.
“I did hear a gunshot,” one officer responding to the scene told dispatch.
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The man was described as dressed entirely in black. The vehicle was described as a gray car, but the plate did not match the make of the vehicle, dispatch said. They gave three different types of cars it might be, according to scanner chatter.
Several officers headed to the area. One officer detained a man in the parking lot behind 32 N. Spring St., the rooming house. The officer described the man as “uncooperative.” During the next few minutes, the man detained reportedly told officers the shooter went back into the rooming house. Two other people were also detained and North Spring Street was shut down between Warren and School streets.
The watch commander asked officers if they had the shooter and if there were any injuries. An officer reported no injuries but could not confirm whether the shooter was among the three detained. The watch commander said they were trying to get more resources into the city to assist, including other patrol officers and a detective.
A suspect was later identified and connected to one of the rooms in the building. Just before noon, officers entered the building to evacuate it and look for possible victims and evidence. Several tenants were escorted out of the building, they said. They also said the building was cleared.
According to scanner chatter, the owner of the building permitted officers to access the suspect’s room.
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One person who was detained was escorted to police headquarters for questioning.
The vehicle in question was discovered to be a rented Volkswagen Jetta owned by Hertz.
Officers canvassed the neighborhood, attempting to find homes with security cameras that may have recorded the incident.
Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.
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WILTON, N.H. (WHDH) – A woman died in a Wilton, New Hampshire, house fire Wednesday morning, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At 9:08 a.m., Wilton firefighters responded to Burns Hill Road after a caller said their home was filling up with smoke. When they arrived, a single-family home was on fire and they found out two people were still inside on the second floor.
A man and a woman were both taken out of the house by firefighters and taken to Elliott Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead and the man is in serious condition.
Officials have not released the name of the victim at this time.
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At this time, investigators are looking into the cause of the fire and are trying to determine if a power outage in the area played a factor. The fire is not currently considered suspicious.
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Diane Durgin, 67, is accused of shooting at a Black man who inadvertently drove to her property after a prearranged truck part sale, prosecutors said.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.
Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.
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Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.
Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.
In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.
During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.
When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.
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Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.
While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.
As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.
While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.
“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.
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Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.
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