MANCHESTER, NH – Officers were dispatched to 1235 Elm Street at 7:30 p.m. on May 20 for a report of a man threatening workers with a handgun. Police units arrived on scene and spoke with several witnesses to include the victim, Daniel Shattuck, 22, of Nashua.
Shattuck, who works for a moving company, was moving items inside of 1235 Elm Street when a man approached Shattuck and his coworkers and allegedly spewed multiple profanities while yelling at them to quiet down. The man, later identified as Thomas McLaughlin, 50, of Manchester, left and came back to their location on the sidewalk several minutes later. This time however, he was armed with a large handgun. He allegedly pointed it at Shattuck while standing approximately six feet away from him. He never said a word to Shattuck and disappeared after a few seconds.
Officers ultimately located and arrested McLaughlin, inside an apartment with two others, including Brandon Brown, 29. McLaughlin and another man willingly exited the apartment after units called them out of apartment No. 7, but Brown refused.
McLaughlin was charged with criminal threatening (felony) and felon in possession of a dangerous weapon. Police took possession of a .44 caliber revolver-style handgun. Brown was charged with resisting arrest/detention due to the fact he refused to exit the apartment. Both appeared in the 9th Circuit Court-Manchester on May 23, 2016.
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