Man From Gilmanton Arrested After Shooting In Pittsfield: Follow-Up

PITTSFIELD, NH — A man from Gilmanton has been arrested after a shooting in Pittsfield on Saturday.

Ryan Scott Ashley, 31, was arrested on first-degree assault and two reckless conduct with a deadly weapon charges, all felonies, after an incident outside the Citizens Bank on Main Street.

Police were sent to the bank parking lot after a report of shots fired around 11:45 a.m. Two men were found injured, Amber Lagace, the public information officer for New Hampshire State Police, said.

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“The victims were transported to Concord Hospital as officers began to search for the suspect,” she said.

State troopers from major crimes were requested. Scanner chatter on Saturday stated there was a suspect in the incident and he was living in Gilmanton. Ashley was arrested later. He is being held at the Merrimack County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

Ashley, according to superior court records, was accused of acts prohibited and drug sale, transport, and manufacture out of Barnstead in June 2012. He was formally charged in September of that year. After several hearings and motions to suppress, Ashley pleaded to a single felony count of acts prohibited while five other charges were dropped. He was sentenced in July 2013 to 12 months suspended for two years.

Lagace said the incident was an ongoing investigation and anyone who had information about the case but had not talked to investigators was asked to contact Trooper First Class Amanda Johnson at Amanda.L.Johnson@dos.nh.gov.

News 603 posted a video of the scene on Facebook.

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