05-07-2011, 04:22 PM
Maggotyboo, ever been to his restaurant?
Manchester Union Leader NH
Members of the Manchester Police S.W.A.T. team gather behind their armored vehicle Friday afternoon as they arrive at the scene of a stand-off that police say developed after a man brandished a gun when they went to his apartment to check on the welfare of a child Thursday night.
MANCHESTER --The man involved in a three-day standoff with police on the city's West Side was shot and killed early this morning.
The 7-year-old girl, who was in the 298 Main St. apartment with the man, was not injured in the gunfire nor were police officers, according to a press release from the Attorney General's Office.
The child's mother works at his restaurant, Joe Kelly Lavasseur said.
The Attorney General's Office this morning assumed control of operations, and many of the city and state police left the scene.
All but the street behind the apartment building were open by police this morning , including Main Street, where the Department of Safety's Division of Emergency Services Incident Management Unit was parked near the apartment building.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin arrived around 9 a.m. and went into the apartment building with state and city officers.
When he left the scene about 45 minutes later, Strelzin said more information would be released this afternoon and a press conference would be held later today. He said authorities are still trying to figure out what happened.
Levasseur said his employee, Laura Gardner, has been in a relationship with the man in the apartment, Jim Breton. He said Breton and Gardner have a 7-year-old daughter together and live at the Main Street address. Gardner has an older daughter, about 17 years old.
Gardner had the couple's 7-year-old girl with her at Levasseur's restaurant, Theo's, on Thursday, when Breton came and took her away, Levasseur said.
The standoff began Thursday and continued through early this morning. Authorities said the man displayed a firearm when they went to his first-floor apartment in connection with concerns about a child.
Manchester Union Leader NH
Members of the Manchester Police S.W.A.T. team gather behind their armored vehicle Friday afternoon as they arrive at the scene of a stand-off that police say developed after a man brandished a gun when they went to his apartment to check on the welfare of a child Thursday night.
MANCHESTER --The man involved in a three-day standoff with police on the city's West Side was shot and killed early this morning.
The 7-year-old girl, who was in the 298 Main St. apartment with the man, was not injured in the gunfire nor were police officers, according to a press release from the Attorney General's Office.
The child's mother works at his restaurant, Joe Kelly Lavasseur said.
The Attorney General's Office this morning assumed control of operations, and many of the city and state police left the scene.
All but the street behind the apartment building were open by police this morning , including Main Street, where the Department of Safety's Division of Emergency Services Incident Management Unit was parked near the apartment building.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin arrived around 9 a.m. and went into the apartment building with state and city officers.
When he left the scene about 45 minutes later, Strelzin said more information would be released this afternoon and a press conference would be held later today. He said authorities are still trying to figure out what happened.
Levasseur said his employee, Laura Gardner, has been in a relationship with the man in the apartment, Jim Breton. He said Breton and Gardner have a 7-year-old daughter together and live at the Main Street address. Gardner has an older daughter, about 17 years old.
Gardner had the couple's 7-year-old girl with her at Levasseur's restaurant, Theo's, on Thursday, when Breton came and took her away, Levasseur said.
The standoff began Thursday and continued through early this morning. Authorities said the man displayed a firearm when they went to his first-floor apartment in connection with concerns about a child.