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Friday, 13 April 2012

Police chief killed, 4 officers hurt in N.H. shooting

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) – Sorrow and fear weighed heavily on residents of a small New Hampshire town where a police chief just days from retirement was killed and four officers from other departments were injured after a man opened fire on them during a drug bust.

The suspect remained holed up in a house with a woman early Friday, police said, and the town was virtually locked down. Streets were closed and officers stood at roadblocks, first in pouring rain, then enveloped in heavy fog.

The shooting Thursday evening devastated Greenland, a town of 3,500 near the seacoast that had just seven police officers including Chief Michael Maloney, 48, who was due to retire in less than two weeks.       More Read

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