CLAREMONT, NH—On December 30, at about 7:45 p.m., the Claremont Police Department received a report of three males in a pickup truck who had approached a worker at a local restaurant and allegedly brandished a firearm, reported the department in a statement released this morning. According to Capt. Brent W. Wilmot, “They yelled at the worker and said they were looking for another male, whom they identified by name. The males then left the area, but the restaurant worker was able to provide the responding officers with a description of the vehicle.” According to the statement, “Moments later, the police received a report of 4-5 gunshots in the vicinity of that restaurant. Patrol officers responded to that neighborhood, but were unable to locate any activity related to that report.” Within one minute of that call, the Claremont Police Department received multiple reports of shots fired at locations on Chestnut Street. During the course of the investigation, police officers found at least two separate addresses on Chestnut Street where bullets had struck different homes. A resident who lives on a side street near Chestnut Street told the e-Ticker News that she and her husband heard a number of shots fired Sunday evening. “It (was) scary,” she said. “I just calmed down.” A short time later a pickup truck, similar in description to the one given by the restaurant worker, was stopped on Unity Rd., Newport. The car was stopped by NH State Police and Newport Police Department for an unrelated motor vehicle infraction. During the course of that traffic stop, police officers determined that the occupants were allegedly involved in the shooting incidents in the City of Claremont. The Claremont Police Department identified the operator of the truck as:
BRANDON TEETER AGE 18 Newport, NH
Teeter was subsequently arrested and has been charged with Driving Under the Influence and Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Assault. The passengers in the truck were identified as:
MATTHEW BARRY AGE 24 Charlestown, NH
and TYLER BARRY AGE 26 Newport, NH
According to the report, M. Barry has been charged with Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Assault. T. Barry has been charged with Reckless Conduct, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Assault. All three defendants are being held at the Sullivan County House of Corrections pending their arraignment in the Sullivan Superior Court scheduled for later today. “Since the initial response, the police department has executed multiple search warrants and has recovered evidence related to the shootings,” said Wilmot. This case remains active and under investigation, and further charges are anticipated, said the department. Anyone with information about this matter is urged to contact Detective Casey Piehl at (603) 742-7010 or email her at cpiehl@claremontnh.com.
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