One man was killed and several people were wounded after a shooting at a New Hampshire country club Saturday evening, authorities said.
It happened at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua when a man entered the club and fired several gunshots, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.
One man was killed in the gunfire and several other people were wounded, according to the attorney general’s office.
A “person of interest” in the shooting was detained at the scene by police officers, but has not yet been arrested, according to Peter Hinckley, senior assistant attorney general, who spoke to reporters during a news conference Saturday night.
Authorities said there was no further danger to the public.
It’s unclear exactly how many people were wounded and the nature of their injuries, although Hinckley told reporters that some of those injured had gunshot wounds.
He said it was too early to provide the conditions of the injured people.
Initially, Nashua police said two armed suspects fled the scene of the shooting and that one was at large, but they later said surveillance video confirmed there was only one shooter.
The country club contains a golf course, a wedding venue and a restaurant. Authorities did not specify the exact location of the shooting.
A nearby Sheraton Hotel was being used as a unification site.
Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess said he was saddened by the shooting and thinking of the families affected.
“I’ve heard from other mayors in other places of course … It had always crossed my mind, ‘Well, it’s unlikely ever to happen in Nashua.’ But now it has,” he told reporters during the news conference. “And I think the message is for every community out there: No matter how unlikely it seems, it can happen. It can happen where you live.”
Nashua is a city of about 92,000 people in southern New Hampshire near the border with Massachusetts.
“As we learn more about tonight’s shooting in Nashua, my heart goes out to the families of those impacted,” New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan said in a post on social media. “And I’m grateful for the work of the law enforcement officers and first responders at the scene.”
