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Double shooting outside N.H. mall deemed murder-suicide

Autopsy results, identities released following Wednesday incident

New Hampshire officials have determined that the two people found shot to death outside of a Concord mall died as the result of a murder-suicide, according to a news release.Authorities said police were called to the scene outside of Steeplegate Mall around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. There, they found Alexander Thorne, 22, dead. Zoe Desmarais, 21, was taken to Concord Hospital where she later died.Via autopsies, an associate medical examiner found that Desmarais died due to being shot in the head; her death was ruled a homicide. Thorne also died from a gunshot wound to the head; his death was determined to be a suicide.A GoFundMe online campaign

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has been set up for Desmarais’s family to help cover funeral expenses.