An 8-year-old child was discovered dead in a car after police shot and killed a man suspected of killing his wife on a bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine, officials said Thursday.
Authorities have not identified the man. According to a news release from Maine State Police, he contacted 911 at 2:07 a.m. to report a quarrel with his wife and her death.
Law enforcement was sent to their house in Troy, New Hampshire, where they discovered a deceased woman.
According to Maine State Police, the man’s car was located parked on the Piscataqua River Bridge on Interstate 95, on the Maine side of the state boundary. Troopers from Maine and New Hampshire attempted to coax the man into surrendering.
“The bridge was shut down for several hours to protect the public, while negotiations were attempted, and the scene was secured,” the state’s police said. “Negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful, and the male exited the vehicle and raised a firearm.”
Troopers fired at the man, who presumably fell into the Piscataqua River. His body was pulled from the water and proclaimed dead.
An 8-year-old child’s body was discovered in the backseat of the man’s vehicle. Maine State Police reported that the toddler had been shot, but not by law enforcement.
In a question-and-answer session at a news conference Thursday, a Maine State Police spokesperson stated that the three deaths were of a “husband, wife, and child”.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is investigating the New Hampshire State Police.
“Additional information will be released as it becomes available while protecting the integrity of the investigation,” the attorney general’s office stated.
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