By MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A gunman opened fireplace in a New Hampshire nation membership on Saturday, killing one particular person and wounding a number of others, authorities mentioned.
The one that died on the Sky Meadow Nation Membership in Nashua was an grownup male, based on New Hampshire Legal professional Basic John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke.
Authorities mentioned the suspect, who was detained on the scene, was additionally an grownup male, and earlier stories of two shooters have been mistaken. Police mentioned there was no additional hazard to the general public.
Investigators have been nonetheless working to find out a motive, New Hampshire Senior Assistant Legal professional Basic Peter Hinckley mentioned.
Info on the wounded victims’ circumstances was not instantly out there.
Tom Bartelson of Pepperell, Massachusetts, who was on the nation membership, described a chaotic scene that unfolded close to his nephew’s wedding ceremony. He mentioned he heard the shooter say “the children are safe” and “free Palestine” and seemed to be concentrating on somebody.
“Getting together for a dance for the bride and groom and then all chaos went off,” he mentioned. “We heard about six shots and everybody ducked for cover and next thing you know we’re rushed into safe spots and things like that.”
He mentioned some folks dropped to the bottom and tried to get away from the scene. There was quite a lot of panic, he mentioned.
“We were trying to keep family members safe,” he mentioned. “Keep everybody down and try to find safe spots.”
One other one that was on the scene, Evie O’Rourke of Salem, New Hampshire, mentioned she was nonetheless looking for her son, Robert Decesare of Nashua, within the aftermath of the capturing.
“We don’t know where he is. He went down. My daughter in law and granddaughter escaped … They saw my son go down and they saw blood, and we can’t find him,” she mentioned.
Emily Ernst, who was on the scene, mentioned she noticed a gunman in all black.
“He had a mask on. We just saw him raise the gun and then we ran,” Ernst mentioned. “I ran through the kitchen for my life.”
Aerial video from WMUR-TV confirmed a number of emergency responders heading to the scene. Later, Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess mentioned he had religion in police to “get to the bottom of this and bring the perpetrator to justice.”
He added: “I think the message is for every community out there is that no matter how unlikely it seems it can happen where you live.”
U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander mentioned in a press release that she was “closely monitoring the tragic reports of a shooting tonight at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua” and that her coronary heart was with the victims, their households and the neighborhood.
Nashua is about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Boston, simply throughout the Massachusetts border.
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Whittle reported from Scarborough, Maine.
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