Man killed in officer-involved shooting died of multiple gunshot wounds

MANCHESTER - The victim killed in an officer-involved shooting on Saturday has been identified as a 24-year-old Manchester man.

An autopsy on Nickenley Turenne completed on Monday revealed that his death was the result of multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide, which is defined as the killing of one person by another.

The incident occurred after officers from the Manchester Police Department responded to the area of South Mammoth Road near the Green Acres Elementary School in Manchester for a report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival police found a male occupant asleep in the driver's seat and a female occupant asleep in the passenger seat.

When awoken, the male driver fled at a high rate of speed, and the police pursued the vehicle until it crashed.

A foot pursuit with the male driver followed, and in a subsequent encounter with police in the area of 293 South Mammoth Road, three Manchester Police Officers fired their pistols at the male, who was shot. Life saving measures were attempted, but he died later at a local hospital.

The investigation by the New Hampshire Department of Justice and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit into the exact circumstances surrounding this incident remains active and ongoing. The identity of the officers who used deadly force will not be disclosed until formal interviews take place.