Dead 8-year-old found in car of man killed by police in New Hampshire

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A person being pursued within the killing of a lady in New Hampshire was shot by police and tumbled from the Interstate 95 bridge that connects the state to Maine, officers stated Thursday. An 8-year-old boy was discovered useless in his car.

The kid’s demise was not related to gunfire from three regulation enforcement officers who discharged their weapons after the person stepped out of his car and raised a weapon after ignoring police negotiators, Col. William Ross, chief of Maine State Police, advised reporters. The person tumbled from the bridge and his physique was later recovered from the Piscataqua River by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Piscataqua River Bridge reopened Thursday morning after being closed for about seven hours, Maine State Police stated. Visitors was backed up on either side as drivers had been diverted to 2 different bridges.

The episode started with the person calling police shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday to report a home altercation along with his spouse in Troy, New Hampshire, the place police discovered a lady’s physique about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away within the western a part of the state, officers stated.

Police tracked the person’s car to the span that connects Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Kittery, Maine — and offers a conduit for tens of 1000’s of automobiles cross the bridge each day.

One Maine state trooper and two New Hampshire troopers fired when the person emerged from the car and raised his weapon, Ross stated. Witnesses reported listening to gunfire shortly after 4 a.m.

Police didn’t know the boy was within the automobile and found his physique after the taking pictures, stated Ross, who careworn that it was “abundantly clear” that the boy was not hit by any of the bullets fired by the troopers within the confrontation.

No names have been launched.

Between 70,000 and 80,000 automobiles use the Piscataqua bridge every day, in accordance with the Maine Division of Transportation.

The incident started at a time of sunshine site visitors on I-95 however traces of vehicles and vehicles started to again up as police blocked site visitors in each instructions for hours. The person’s physique was recovered round 8:30 a.m., Ross stated.

There are a number of cameras in use on the bridge to observe site visitors, however there isn’t any report of the taking pictures as a result of they don’t seem to be set to report, in accordance Paul Merrill, spokesperson for the Maine Division of Transportation.

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Related Press writers David Sharp and Patrick Whittle reported from Portland, Maine, and Kathy McCormack contributed from Harmony, New Hampshire. Caleb Jones reported from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.