Man killed by police outside New Hampshire liquor store

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire state attorney general’s office is investigating the fatal police shooting of a man at a state liquor store on Interstate 95.

Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said 36-year-old Barry Jones, of Portsmouth, was shot outside the Hampton liquor store on Tuesday. Jones was treated at the scene for at least one gunshot wound and was taken to a Portsmouth hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

MacDonald said police had been provided information earlier in the day that Jones was intoxicated, took his neighbor’s pickup truck and had a handgun. Police said Jones crashed the vehicle a few minutes after taking it, causing some damage to a front tire. He then continued onto I-95, heading south.

A state trooper saw the vehicle at the liquor store. MacDonald said there was an encounter between troopers and Jones in front of the store, where one or two troopers discharged their guns. No one in the store was hurt.

MacDonald said the names of the officers involved in the shooting are being withheld pending a formal interview. Each officer has been placed on paid administrative leave.

Jones’ autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.