MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) - A 15-hour armed standoff at a Manchester, New Hampshire, hotel that began after a deadly officer-involved shooting ended when officers found the two remaining suspects dead inside a hotel room, officials said.
After spending hours trying to convince two suspects who barricaded themselves inside a first-floor room at the Quality Inn on John E. Devine Drive, Manchester police announced around 10:15 a.m. that the standoff had ended.
The two remaining suspects, whose names have not been released, were later found dead inside the room, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald. The cause of their deaths was not immediately clear.
The two suspects allegedly fired weapons at SWAT officers every hour for nine hours throughout the night and into the early morning.
No one was struck by the gunfire, MacDonald said.
Prior to the standoff, one Manchester police officer and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent opened fire after engaging with 51-year-old Steven Marshall, who was holding a semi-automatic handgun behind the hotel about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to MacDonald.
Marshall was rushed to Elliot Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives were responding to the hotel for a “wanted check” when the officer-involved shooting took place, officials said.
The hotel was evacuated Wednesday night, leaving guests confused about what was going on.
“They knocked on my door at 9:30 (p.m.) and I answered the door and they said, ‘you need to leave,'” one guest recalled. “It wasn’t until I got downstairs to the lobby that they told me there was a shooting going on.”
Anyone with information on Marshall’s whereabouts leading up to the incident is asked to call Detective Sergeant Matt Amatucci of the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit at 603-419-8291.
MacDonald’s office is leading an investigation.
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