MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) - Police in New Hampshire are searching for a gunman in connection with a shooting Thursday morning in the city of Manchester.

Authorities say officers responded around 7 a.m. to the 200 block of Central Street and found a 30-year-old man who had been shot in the shoulder.

Investigators had a reason to believe the shooter fled to a boarding house on Amherst Street. Nearby Central High School was briefly placed on lockdown.

A SWAT team swept the the house, but they were not able to locate the shooter.

Police say they are in “communication” with the suspect and that the shooting was not a random act.

The victim was taken to an area hospital and is expected to be OK.

No additional detail were immediately available.

 

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