Greater Nashua

NASHUA - Following a 14-month investigation, Attorney General John Formella justified the actions of two Nashua Police officers regarding their involvement in the shooting death of Pelham resident Ryan Prud’homme. According to Formella’s report, Prud’homme left his home armed with a semiautomatic pistol on the evening of June 2, 2024 following an argument with his wife. During the quarrel, he threatened to commit suicide and told his wife that “she was going to watch him shoot himself.” One of Prud’homme’s relatives contacted Pelham Police and told officers that Prud'homme was “not in a good place” and was at risk of harming himself. Using Prud’homme’s cell phone number, police located him in the Lowe's parking lot at 143 Daniel Webster Hwy. Pelham officers then contacted Nashua Police, who arrived at the scene just before 8:45 p.m. Upon seeing police, ...