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NOW, WMUR NEWS 9 TONIGHT.
MACPHERSON IS CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTED CAPITAL ***,
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO
MANCHESTER POLICE OFFICERS.
SHELLEY: IT ALL STARTED ON FERRY
STREET AROUND 2:00 THIS MORNING.
THE FIRST OFFICER FOUND HIM AND
OF A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY
OF A GAS STATION THURSDAY
MORNING.
HE THEN ALLEGEDLY SHOT THAT
OFFICER AND THEN SHOT THE SECOND
OFFICER NEAR PUTNAM STREET.
TOM: THE SHOOTINGS FORCED THE
CITY TO CLOSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOR HOURS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M TOM GRIFFITH.
SHELLEY: AND I'M SHELLEY
WALCOTT.
NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BOTH
OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO FULLY
WE BEGIN OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT AT MANCHESTER POLICE
WITH OUR JEAN MACKIN.
JEAN: THE FIRST CALL FOR HELP
ARRIVED OVER THE RADIO FROM ONE
OF THE OFFICERS SHOT EVEN AS H
WAS ON THE GROUND, WOUNDED H
DID HIS JOB AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE
A GOOD DESCRIPTION.
JUST PAST 2:00 A.M., THE POLICE
RADIO LIT UP WITH THE VOICE OF
MANCHESTER POLICE OFFICER RYAN
HARDY, SAYING SHOTS FIRED, THAT
HE NEEDS A BUS A POLICE TERM FOR
AMBULANCE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU?
>> I HAVE BEEN SHOT.
WHITE MALE, LONG HAIR TREN
COAT.
GROUND ON FERRY STREET SHOT IN
THE FACE AND UPPER SHOULDER HE
DESCRIPTION.
SITUATION HE WAS IN, AFTER BEING
STRUCK BY BULLETS HE WAS ABLE TO
TELL DISPATCH THE SUBJECT WAS
HEADED SOUTH ON 2ND STREET.
JEAN: THAT LED OFFICERS TO THE
STREETS NEAR CATHOLIC MEDICAL
CENTER
WHERE AT 2:23 AM THEY SAY THE
SUSPECT OPENED FIRE AGAI
O'CONNOR IN THE LEG
PEOPLE LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE
SHELTER IN PLACE.
SCHOOLS CLOSED WHILE LAW
ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED FOR THEIR
SUSPECT.
POLICE SAY 32-YEAR-OLD IAN
MACPHERSON WAS APPREHENDED CLOSE
TO 5:00 A.M..
INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT SAYING IF
A GUN WAS FOUND.
I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYBODY THAT
THE CITY IS SAFE.
JEAN: THE FIRST OFFICER SHOT,
TAKEN BY POLICE ESCORT TO A
HIS FAMILY.
28-YEAR-OLD OFFICER MATTHEW
OCONNOR WAS TREATED AT THE
RECOVER.
AND THE POLICE CHIEF PRAISED HIS
OFFICERS FOR THEIR ACTIONS
>> THE COURAGE THESE OFFICERS
EXHIBITED THEY ARE A TESTAMENT
TO AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
PROUD.
JEAN: TONIGHT THE SUSPECT FACES
***.