Shooting At NH Space Force Military Base Leaves Massachusetts Man Dead

NEW BOSTON, NH — The New Hampshire Attorney General and NH State Police have released additional information concerning the fatal officer-involved shooting in New Boston on Friday.

On Friday, there was a fatal officer-involved shooting incident on an access road to the New Boston Space Force Station, located off 317 Chestnut Hill Road in New Boston.

UPDATE: Michael Foley, 33 of Massachusetts identified as the victim of the fatal officer-involved shooting at the New Boston Space Station

A Massachusetts man was killed during the shooting incident, which involved a New Boston police officer and a contracted security member working at the station. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said the name of the man killed will be withheld until the next of kin is notified.

An autopsy was performed on Sunday by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Mitchell Weinberg. Dr. Weinberg determined that the victim’s cause of death was a single gunshot wound, and his manner of death is homicide. As used by the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, homicide is defined as the killing of one person by another.

The exact circumstances surrounding this incident remain actively under investigation. No further information will be released until after the involved officer and Contracted Security Member’s formal interviews.

On Saturday, New Boston Police blocked the entrance to the access road to the station. New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Detectives worked to document the scene.

According to sources, the man approached the armed guards at the entrance gate of the secure facility on Chestnut Hill Road and engaged in a conversation with the personnel Friday. The man then exited his vehicle with a weapon or weapons and was fatally shot at the entrance. New Boston, Amherst, and Bedford Fire and EMS responded, but the shooting victim was dead.

According to radio dispatch, one person was going to be medically evaluated by medics, but it is not known if that was an employee of the base.

The vehicle contained a gas can and propane tank — which could be seen on the ground next to the vehicle where investigators were working. Initially, the presence of the gas can and propane tank concerned responders, and an evaluation was done to deem that they were not a danger.

New Boston Police were stationed on Chestnut Hill Road blocking the entrance to the facility on Saturday. New Hampshire State Police Major Crime investigators could be seen working in the area of the car, which had Massachusetts plates.

The U.S. Space Station was formerly operated by the U.S. Air Force until the transition to the newly formed Space Force.

New Hampshire Patch will update as additional information becomes available.

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