CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Two police officers who fired their guns in a confrontation with a man who died from a gunshot wound to the neck were justified in their use of deadly force, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said in a report Thursday.
Carl Manning, 62, died in the officer-involved shooting in Manchester on Sunday, April 5, the office said. His manner of death is a homicide.
The names of the officers who fired their guns are Sgt. Matthew Barter, who has been an officer for 14 years, and Officer Erik Slocum, who has seven years of experience, the attorney general’s office said.
Manning was a suspect in a suspicious fire at an ex-girlfriend’s house earlier that day. Police approaching his truck saw him inside the vehicle.
Manning left his truck holding a loaded handgun and refused officers’ repeated commands to drop the weapon, the attorney general’s office said. At one point, he held the gun toward the officers, and they shot at him, the office said. He died a short time later.
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