By CALEB JONES
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A person being pursued within the killing of a girl in New Hampshire was fatally shot by police on a bridge that connects the state to Maine, authorities stated Thursday. An 8-year-old little one was discovered shot to loss of life within the man’s automobile.
The Piscataqua River Bridge alongside Interstate 95 has been closed since about 3 a.m. and site visitors was backed up on each side as drivers have been diverted to 2 different bridges. The Piscataqua bridge connects Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Kittery, Maine.
The person apparently killed a girl at a house in a single day in Troy, New Hampshire, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away within the western a part of the state, after which drove to the bridge, Legal professional Normal John Formella stated in a information launch.
“Early this morning police engaged with the adult male on the bridge in an incident that ended with the male being fatally shot. The Maine Attorney General’s Office is now investigating that officer-involved shooting incident,” the information launch stated.
“Police on the bridge also found an 8-year-old child fatally shot” within the man’s automobile, the information launch stated. The precise circumstances “remain under active investigation.”
There was no menace to the general public and the bridge remained closed in each instructions due to the investigation, the information launch stated.
No names have been launched.
Between 70,000 and 80,000 automobiles use the Piscataqua bridge every day, based on the Maine Division of Transportation.
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Related Press reporters David Sharp in Portland, Maine, and Kathy McCormack in Harmony, New Hampshire, contributed to this report.
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