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Police: Officers fatally shoot armed man outside Manchester apartment building

During the encounter, “multiple Manchester police officers ultimately discharged their firearms.”

Manchester Police fatally shot a man armed with a gun outside an apartment building, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said Friday. Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff


MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man armed with a gun died after he was shot by police outside of a Manchester apartment building, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Friday.

Police received a 911 call around 3:25 a.m. for a report of a person who was armed at the building, the office said in a statement.

Police arrived to find a man with a gun. During the encounter, “multiple Manchester police officers ultimately discharged their firearms” and the man was shot, the statement said.

Life-saving measures were attempted, but the man died. It was not clear from the statement if the man, who was not immediately identified, died at the scene.

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No one else was hurt, the statement said.

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