CONWAY POLICE RESPONDED TO SEAVEY STREET IN NORTH CONWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A REPORT OF A SHOOTING.
POLICE SAY NO FIREARMS WERE INVOLVED.
NORTH CONWAY FIRE AND RESCUE AND NORTH CONWAY AMBULANCE RESPONDED TO 23 SEAVEY STREET SHORTLY BEFORE 3 P.M. AFTER A REPORT TWO VICTIMS THERE HAD BEEN PEPPER SPRAYED.
POLICE SAY THE VICTIM – IDENTIFIED AS A. J. DISILVA – WAS CONDUCTING BUSINESS AT THE LAW OFFICES OF UPTON AND HATFIELD AND AS HE ENTERED THE OFFICES A MASKED ASSAILANT FIRED A WEAPON AND GRABBED A SUM OF CASH FROM HIM.
DISILVA AND A AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LAW FIRM WERE TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN NORTH CONWAY AS A PRECAUTION AND LATER RELEASED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THEY WERE NOT INJURED.
CHIEF ED WAGNER SAYS POLICE SEARCHED IN THE MECHANIC STREET AREA FOR A SUSPECT DESCRIBED TO BE OF THIN BUILD, ABOUT 5 FEET 10 INCHES TALL, WEARING A BLUE HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND JEANS.
THE SUSPECT WAS BELIEVED TO BE ON FOOT.
SEAVEY STREET WAS CLOSED IN THE VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT AND AUTHORITIES AT A NEARBY SCHOOL WERE NOTIFIED.
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE TROOPERS ASSISTED CONWAY POLICE.
WAGNER SAYS IT DOESN’T APPEAR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE IN DANGER BUT IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO BE VIGILANT AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE AT (603) 356-5715.
