Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces additional information concerning the officer-involved shooting in Nashua, New Hampshire on January 21, 2024.

Chief Medical Examiner Jennie V. Duval has conducted an autopsy on Heath Thompson, age 40. Dr. Duval determined that Mr. Thompson’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, 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 into the officer-involved shooting of Mr. Thompson is ongoing, and the identity of the officers who used deadly force will not be disclosed until formal interviews of all occur in the coming days. Further information will be provided at that time.