Residents in the US city of Manchester, New Hampshire, have been told to stay in their homes after two police officers were shot and injured and the authorities launched a search for the gunman,
Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard said early on Friday that two officers were shot at about 2am and that they were recovering at hospitals. There was no immediate word on the officers’ injuries or conditions. No details about the shootings have been released.
Mr Willard said police were searching for the suspected shooter, described as a white man with long hair who is wearing a trench coat. He is considered armed and dangerous, the Associated Press said.
A number of schools on Manchester’s west side have been closed and some residents have been told to shelter in place due the search for the suspected shooter.
A witness on the city’s Ferry Street told ABC News that he heard a shot fired around 2am then saw a saw a person staggering. He then realised it was a police officer.
“I saw a man kind of stagger a little bit,” the witness said. “He staggered a few steps and then he called in that he had been shot. That's when I realised he was a cop.”
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