Suspicious Deaths of 2 Adults and Injury of 8-Year-Old Child Under Investigation

UPDATE: Attorney General John Formella added more information at around 5 p.m. Tuesday:

At approximately 9:34am on October 27, 2026, Manchester Police were called to a home at 59 Wheelock Street in Manchester, for a requested welfare check. The caller expressed concern for the three residents of the home: an adult male, adult female, and their eight-year-old male child.

Officers arrived to find the adult male and an adult female deceased inside the home, and the eight-year-old child alive, suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso. The injured child has been transported to a regional trauma center where he is in stable condition and receiving treatment.

The adult female appeared to have suffered multiple gunshot wounds.  The adult male appeared to have suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.  Both adults were pronounced deceased at the scene.  At this time, detectives are investigating this event as a potential murder/suicide.

Autopsies are scheduled to take place tomorrow on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Concord, New Hampshire.

There is no known threat to the general public at this time.

No further information is expected this evening. An additional release with the names of both victims is expected after next of kin have been notified, and both autopsies have been conducted.

Prior news story

MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Police found a deceased man and woman and an injured 8-year-old child at a home on Wheelock Street Tuesday morning, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella, who described the adults’ deaths as suspicious.

Police responded following a report of a domestic dispute. The child was suffering what is believed to be a non-life-threatening injury and was transported to the hospital where they are reportedly in stable condition receiving treatment, the release said.

The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under active investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available, pending the results of autopsies to be conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.  

Anyone who may have information about the incident under investigation is asked to call the Manchester Police Department at 603-668-8711.

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