Identity released of man shot, killed by police in Nashua
Relative called police about armed man suffering mental health issue, officials say
Relative called police about armed man suffering mental health issue, officials say
Relative called police about armed man suffering mental health issue, officials say
Investigators have released the identity of a man shot and killed by police Sunday night in Nashua.
The attorney general's office said an autopsy determined that Ryan Prudhomme, 41, of Pelham, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Around 8:45 p.m., Nashua police encountered Prudhomme, who they said was armed with a handgun, outside a Lowe's home improvements store at 143 Daniel Webster Highway, investigators with the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.
Officials said two officers fired what were described as "less-lethal" munitions, while another officer fired a gun.
Investigators said life-saving measures were attempted, but the man died.
"The definition of homicide is used by the medical examiner as simply the killing of one person by another," said Assistant Attorney General Adam Woods. "It does not reach any legal conclusions as to the basis of the matter and circumstances surrounding that."
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No law enforcement officers were injured, officials said.
Nashua police had responded to the store to follow up on a report from Pelham police about a Pelham man who was armed earlier in the evening and was last seen leaving his home, according to officials.
Sources told News 9 Investigates that just before 8 p.m., Pelham police received a call from a relative about the man. They said he was having a mental health episode and was armed with a gun. Police searched the area and could not find him. A be-on-the-lookout was put out to area police departments, and a short time later, the man was found in the Lowe's parking lot.
The identities of the officers involved in the shooting will not be released until formal interviews take place in the next 5-10 days.
"They will be interviewed by the New Hampshire Department of Justice investigators, and their identities will be disclosed once those interviews are completed," Woods said.
Officials said the investigation by the New Hampshire Department of Justice and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit is ongoing.