A man fatally shot on the Interstate 95 bridge at the New Hampshire-Maine border is being held in connection with the killing of a woman in western New Hampshire overnight. Authorities said an 8-year-old boy was also found shot to death in the man’s vehicle.
The man was killed on the Piscataqua River Bridge on Thursday morning, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and state police said in a joint press release.
They said the incident apparently began when a man killed a woman in a home in Troy, New Hampshire, during the night and then drove to the bridge on the state line between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.
Early Thursday morning, authorities said police tackled the man on the bridge. The incident ended with the man being shot and killed by police. The shooting is currently under investigation by the Maine Attorney General’s Office.
Police also found an eight-year-old boy shot dead in the man’s vehicle on the bridge.
No names were released.
The circumstances of the incident remain under investigation, authorities said. They said there is currently no danger to the public, and the Piscataqua River Bridge was closed in both directions for several hours for the investigation before reopening shortly after 9:30 a.m.
Traffic is flowing, but slowly. Drivers are asked to expect delays.
According to the Maine Department of Transportation, between 70,000 and 80,000 vehicles use the bridge every day.
Photos from the original crime scene in Troy, in the southwestern part of the state near Keene, showed a New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit vehicle and several unmarked patrol cars parked outside a row house complex in a wooded area. The property was surrounded by yellow crime scene tape.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
