MEREDITH, N.H. — A man was shot and killed by a police officer in Meredith, the New Hampshire attorney general said.
The man, David Donovan, 35, was shot by a Meredith police officer on Sunday night and died after being taken to a hospital. An autopsy Monday showed that Donovan was shot twice, once in the right arm and once in the abdomen, and that the manner of his death is homicide.
Three other people at the scene were hurt before police arrived, Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said. One was taken to a hospital for treatment and is in stable condition.
No officers were hurt and there is no threat to the public, MacDonald said.
The name of the officer was not released.
Police are investigating.
MIDDLESEX, Vt. — Two young hunters were guided out of the woods of Middlesex by game wardens, the Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
The hunters, ages 17 and 20, called 911 from the Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management area on Saturday evening, the opening day of Vermont’s rifle deer season.
The brothers had harvested a buck, a first for the older brother, and they became disoriented after dark.
The dispatcher was able to get the coordinates from the cellphone carried by one of the hunters. Three wardens located the hunters at about 8:15 p.m. with their deer.
The wardens helped the hunters drag the buck from the woods.
They made it back to a parking area at about 9:15 p.m.
“This was a good outcome to what could have been a very long cold night in the woods,” said Lt. Sean Fowler, regional State Game Warden Supervisor.
“The incident serves as a good reminder for all hunters to always carry a compass and GPS.”
BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is offering to buy much of the property of the bankrupt Southern Vermont College in Benington for $3.2 million.
The hospital wants to keep 371-acre campus locally owned, with a goal of making the athletic fields and its hiking trails accessible for the community.
“The leadership of the health system, through the direction of its board of directors, is committed to developing a long-range plan to maximize the use of this valuable community asset, as well as how the property could enhance community and health-related services for the Southern Vermont region,” officials said in a new release.
Bankruptcy Trustee Raymond Obuchowski said he expected to file a motion with the bankruptcy judge to accept the college’s officer, but other potential buyers have until Dec. 7 to make “higher or better” offers.
— Associated Press