CONCORD, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall on Monday have released an update, including the name of the victim, regarding the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting by police that occurred on December 6, 2025, in Manchester.
The victim has been identified as Nickenley Turenne, 24, of Manchester.
At approximately 4:43 a.m. on December 6, officers from the Manchester Police Department responded to the area of South Mammoth Road, near the Green Acres Elementary School in Manchester, for a report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival, the police found a male occupant asleep in the driver’s seat and a female occupant asleep in the passenger seat. When awoken, the male driver fled at a high rate of speed, and the police pursued the vehicle until it crashed.
A foot pursuit with the male driver followed, and in a subsequent encounter with police in the area of 293 South Mammoth Road, three Manchester Police Officers fired their duty pistols at the male, who was shot. Life saving measures were attempted and the male was transported to the hospital where he later died.
An autopsy completed today by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide. As used by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, homicide is defined as the killing of one person by another.
The investigation by the New Hampshire Department of Justice and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit into the exact circumstances surrounding this incident remains active and ongoing. The identity of the officers who used deadly force will not be disclosed until formal interviews take place.
Additional information will be released as it becomes available and when appropriate to maintain the integrity of the investigation.