The New Hampshire attorney general’s office is investigating after police officers fatally shot a man in Manchester on Saturday morning.
Officers responded to a report of a “suspicious vehicle” near Green Acres Elementary School just before 5 a.m., according to a press release.
They found 24-year-old Nickenley Turenne, a Manchester resident, asleep in the driver’s seat and a female occupant asleep in the passenger seat. Once awoken, Turenne sped away, leading to a vehicle pursuit, which ended in a crash.
Turenne fled on foot, and after a subsequent encounter near 293 S. Mammoth Rd., three Manchester police officers firing their guns at him. Despite life-saving attempts, he later died at the hospital.
Officials plan to publicly identify the officers who used deadly force after their formal interviews.
Turenne is the ninth person to be shot by police in New Hampshire this year, which is on par with the number of times police used deadly force in 2024.
He is the third person to die after being shot by police in 2025. Other fatal shootings occurred in Keene and Londonderry.
The attorney general’s office investigates every use of deadly force by police officers and will determine whether their actions were legally justified.
In almost every case from at least the past three years, they have been found justified. Law enforcement is allowed to use lethal force as a last resort when they reasonably believe their lives or the lives of others are in danger.
