Shooting Reported At Rollins Park In Concord; 1 Detained; Victim Found
CONCORD, NH — Concord police are investigating a shooting in the basketball court section of Rollins Park on Monday night.
Around 8:45 p.m., South End residents began calling police and reporting shots fired in the area of the park. Several officers converged at different areas of the park while dispatch took reports from witnesses stating multiple shots were fired, and two or three vehicles were seen speeding from the park along Bow Street. One vehicle was described as a white sedan.
Fire and rescue teams staged at the Broadway station but were not called to the scene.
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Dispatch reported to officers that a caller hung up on 911 but stated, “I think I just had to shoot somebody,” and that they hit someone during the shooting, and they were going to Pierce Street, a little less than a mile away.
One witness, who lived on Broadway, told officers the vehicles were at the basketball court section of the park. Another witness stated there were at least six or seven gunshots.
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Officers left the park and headed to Pierce Street, where they found a white sedan.
State troopers headed to both scenes.
Around 9 p.m., police at the court reported finding blood and shell casings while another 911 call came in from a Pierce Street home.
A few minutes later, a young man was taken into custody, with police identifying him as a suspect in the shooting. One officer said there were bullet holes in the white sedan. Children were evacuated from the home while police took custody of a Ruger handgun that was left on the couch, according to dispatch. The children were taken to another house in the neighborhood.
Officers also searched another home on the street.
Around 10 p.m., a K-9 unit arrived at the park to assist in the search for evidence and a possible track of the victim of the shooting.
Just past 10:15 p.m., police made contact with the victim of the shooting, who stated they were on South Main Street. Fire and rescue teams staged in the area of the 7-Eleven. The victim reported he had a gunshot wound to his forehead. A woman was a passenger in his vehicle, dispatch said.
The victim reportedly did not have the gun, according to dispatch. A second suspect took it from him, they said.
Concord fire and rescue teams took the victim to the Concord Hospital around 10:30 p.m. and also requested a trauma alert.
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Police cleared the park at 11 p.m., according to scanner chatter.
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