PORTLAND, Maine – Police are still seeking a Londonderry, New Hampshire, man who they say was involved in a fatal July shooting for which six other men were charged months ago.
Kristofer Haken, 45, of Londonderry, is one of seven men associated with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club who police believe is connected to the July 30 shooting death of Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray. Six of the men have been charged, but Portland police are still seeking Haken.
Haken was also involved in a nonfatal Manchester shooting in April 2010 that, like last year’s Maine shooting, stemmed from a brawl between two motorcycle gangs. Haken was convicted on assault charges in 2011 when he shot a teenage bystander during a fight between members of the Outlaws and Hell’s Angels outside a Manchester pizza shop.
The Portland Police Department confirmed to the Portland Press Herald Tuesday that Haken still hasn’t been apprehended in relation to July’s fatal shooting. Once he is, charges will likely be the same as those for the five men charged in October – conspiracy to commit elevated aggravated assault and elevated aggravated assault. Aaron Karp, 47, of Naples, Maine, was charged in August with murder in relation to McHugh’s killing.
Portland police Tuesday repeated that Haken is dangerous and “may be armed.” He is described as 5-foot-9, 220 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
“Please do not approach him if you see him,” a November Portland Police Department Facebook post warned. Police urge anyone who has any information about Haken to call 207-874-8575 or to text keyword PPDME and a message to 847411.
McHugh was shot at Samuel’s Bar and Grill in Portland, about three miles east on U.S. Route 302 from a Westbrook bar where the two motorcycle clubs – the Outlaws and FSU – had had a confrontation hours before.
The Outlaws attacked McHugh’s group at Samuel’s with weapons including a sledgehammer, wrench and knife, police said. McHugh, crouched behind a car, shot at the Outlaws with her husband’s gun, police said. A man police say was Karp then took nine shots at McHugh. McHugh was hit by one and died at the soon.
McHugh’s husband, Troy, and a friend, William Holmes, were both hospitalized with skull fractures.
Most of the Outlaws members left the scene before police arrived, but police found Haken, grazed by a bullet, still on site, according to news reports at the time. He was later released by police. When charges were filed in October, police couldn’t find him.
Karp, the Maine man police believe shot McHugh, was arrested and charged with murder in August. Charged in October with one count of conspiracy to commit elevated aggravated assault and two counts of elevated aggravated assault were Kaleb A. Cidre, 22, of Windham; Jason J. Keenan, 45, of Bath; James D. Moody 30, of Bowdoin; Caleb S. Pelkey, 33, of Portland; Nathan T. Walsh, 48, of Lewiston. Karp remains in Cumberland County Jail, the other five posted $10,000 bail at their arraignments in December.
In 2011, Haken, at the time of Manchester, was sentenced to a minimum of 7½ years after he pled guilty to assault charges stemming from what police described as a “turf battle” between the Outlaws and Hell’s Angels motorcycle club outside Luigi’s Pizza, on Valley Street.
Haken fired a shotgun out the window of a car at three high school students who had arrived to buy a pizza. Jarred Pellerin, 18, was seriously wounded by pellet shots from the .20-gauge shotgun Haken fired, according to news reports at the time. Haken at his trial claimed he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.