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Post what you will here about anything exciting, construction specific or otherwise, regarding the towns and cities of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
Patrick said:Iteresting and shocking; that is quite terrible to hear, actually.
As a matter of fact, Portland had something like this happen last week. A So.Po. officer was shot four times (once in the head) while he was attempting to locate a suspect wanted for kidnapping and terrorizing. they shot the guy back, and he is now in critical condition at maine medical center being watched over by prison guards (in addition to medical staff, that is, lol).
He was a man from Brooklyn, and they also found a scale, some money, and a bunch or cocaine in his apartment. Why are these things always tied to someone from boston, NYC, or in this case brockton? cant those people stop polluting our towns and cities and stay where they are from, or else behave themselves at least...
Smuttynose said:Police officer shot, critically wounded, suspect sought in huge city manhunt
Manchester ? A city police bike patrol officer is fighting for his life this hour after he was shot about 3 a.m. near the intersection of Lake Avenue and Lincoln Street. Police are intensively searching the area, which has been closed to outside traffic.
Law enforcement authorities released few details, but sources identified the victim as officer Michael Briggs, who has been honored in the past for heroism in the line of duty. He is in critical condition at Elliot Hospital.
Police said they are looking for Michael "Stix" Addison, 26, of Manchester in connection with the shooting. He is described as a black man, 5-foot-8, 180 pounds with black hair.
Police are stopping and searching cars. A state police helicopter searched from overhead. Neighborhood schools were locked down for part of the morning as a precaution.
Nicole Black, 24, who was staying at her boyfriend's place near the scene of the shooting, woke up at quarter to three to the sound of six gunshots. She grabbed binoculars to view the scene on the street below.
"The first thing I saw was that cop lying down right there where the pool of blood was," Black said. "There were maybe five cops around him. One was saying, 'Just breathe, just breathe.' You could tell they were trying to get this guy to hold on."
A man was lying on the ground, too, handcuffed. "I heard him say something about, 'I was just standing on this corner trying to get weed for my girl,'' Black said.
The situation in the neighborhood was tense. Steve Provencher, who called 9-1-1 after hearing six or eight shots, encountered two police officers when he went into the alley next to his house. Their guns were drawn and they ordered him to show his hands and identification, he said.
"They are doing a yard-to-yard search" said police Capt. Richard Tracy.
A man who lives nearby said he heard about six shots around 3 a.m. Monday.
"We heard six loud bangs go off," said Robert Tarr, a member of the Neighborhood Watch crimefighting group in the area. He said he was on his porch just before 3 a.m., when he heard shouting and shots.
"It sounded like a bunch of arguing," Tarr said. After the shots, he said he heard more shouting.
Heavily armed police cordoned off a wide area of the inner city before dawn. As residents began leaving the area for work and school, officers wearing helmets and flak jackets and carrying shotguns searched car trunks.
A police helicopter was overhead. Officers with dogs searched below.
The Boston Herald reported on its web site today that Addison formerly lived in Boston and with his adoptive father in Brockton, Mass.
A spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department told the Herald, ?Boston police are working with the Manchester police in their efforts to locate Michael Addison.?
Briggs was one of four Manchester police officers honored with New Hampshire Hero Awards last year for their bravery in evacuating residents of a burning apartment building just blocks away from the scene of his shooting.
On July 25, 2004, the four helped the 19 residents of a 10-unit building at 418 Union Street escape a 3:30 a.m. fire.
The annual award, sponsored by the New Hampshire Union Leader, is given to state residents who have risked their own lives in attempts to save others.
Mayor Frank Guinta yesterday said his prayers are with the Briggs family.
"No words can be found to properly address this situation. It is simply horrible and nothing can change that fact," Mayor Guinta said.
More details will be posted on UnionLeader.com throughout the day.
Smuttynose said:Sadly Officer Michael Briggs died today.
He was 35. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
Michael Briggs has died
http://www.unionleader.com/article....rticleId=53de86ca-43d2-4eae-a6c0-bb8d7706f99e
Patrick said:that is so sad. he helped people get out of a burning building! he went above and beyond the call of duty, and then he was senselessly gunned down? That is a true tragedy. truly. I am sorry to hear that. Cop Killers get it the worst...that guy they nabbed in DOT is fucked for sure. he looked like old dirty bastard. in maine the officer who was shot lived with minor injuries, even though his head was grazed, and the guy who shot him was killed. i guess if it had to be someone who died, it should have been the cop shooter in both cases......rrrrr......so sad. I didnt know manchester had rough neighborhoods like the kind described in todays boston globe. downtown they called it....it didnt seem that dangerous when i was there, now i am thinking twice about revisiting!
Smuttynose said:Patrick said:that is so sad. he helped people get out of a burning building! he went above and beyond the call of duty, and then he was senselessly gunned down? That is a true tragedy. truly. I am sorry to hear that. Cop Killers get it the worst...that guy they nabbed in DOT is fucked for sure. he looked like old dirty bastard. in maine the officer who was shot lived with minor injuries, even though his head was grazed, and the guy who shot him was killed. i guess if it had to be someone who died, it should have been the cop shooter in both cases......rrrrr......so sad. I didnt know manchester had rough neighborhoods like the kind described in todays boston globe. downtown they called it....it didnt seem that dangerous when i was there, now i am thinking twice about revisiting!
Manchester certainly has some sketchy neighborhoods, and this tragedy has really highlighted the crime issues that the city has been experiencing. I'm sure Manchester will take a hard look at those problems in the wake of this. More police officers should be hired, 'community policing' should be more widely used, maybe more sub-stations. The city has already been working on the slumlord problems, beefing up enforcement, and encouraging owner-occupied rental properties.
There aren't any miracle solutions though. Closing down all the nightclubs in Manchester would have done nothing to prevent this. It's also important to note that while these tragedies get all the headlines, Manchester is still a relatively safe city. This is "only" the third homicide this year, which still makes Manchester look like Cape Elizabeth compared to cities like Hartford.