Barrington police went to Stonehouse Pond Saturday morning after receiving reports of a possibly suicidal man with a gun, officials said.Police arrived at approximately 5 a.m. and about 50 officers searched the area for hours before finding a man’s body around 1:30 p.m.“We received a 911 call that he was suicidal, has a handgun and he’s fired shots here in Barrington, here at Stonehouse Pond,” Chief Robert Williams said.Williams also confirmed officers evacuated some fishermen on Stonehouse Pond before starting an active search of the state park.Additional law enforcement officers and K-9 units were brought in from the surrounding communities to help search for the man, including Barrington, Milton, Hampton, Dover, Epping, and state police helicopters.“There was approximately 50 law enforcement officers from neighboring communities as far away as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, state police sent in a helicopter,” Williams said.Units searched about 50 acres of land before finding a man’s body in a wooded area.Residents living nearby said they had little information about what was going on, but never felt unsafe.“I got up at about 7 o'clock and there was just a line of search and rescue and police cars,” a resident, Kat Roedell, said.“That was about it, we thought it was a training exercise.”The man’s name has not been released and police said it is an ongoing investigation.Stick with WMUR.com for updates. Get the WMUR app12967056

Barrington police went to Stonehouse Pond Saturday morning after receiving reports of a possibly suicidal man with a gun, officials said.

Police arrived at approximately 5 a.m. and about 50 officers searched the area for hours before finding a man’s body around 1:30 p.m.


“We received a 911 call that he was suicidal, has a handgun and he’s fired shots here in Barrington, here at Stonehouse Pond,” Chief Robert Williams said.

Williams also confirmed officers evacuated some fishermen on Stonehouse Pond before starting an active search of the state park.

Additional law enforcement officers and K-9 units were brought in from the surrounding communities to help search for the man, including Barrington, Milton, Hampton, Dover, Epping, and state police helicopters.

“There was approximately 50 law enforcement officers from neighboring communities as far away as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, state police sent in a helicopter,” Williams said.

Units searched about 50 acres of land before finding a man’s body in a wooded area.

Residents living nearby said they had little information about what was going on, but never felt unsafe.

“I got up at about 7 o'clock and there was just a line of search and rescue and police cars,” a resident, Kat Roedell, said.

“That was about it, we thought it was a training exercise.”

The man’s name has not been released and police said it is an ongoing investigation.

Stick with WMUR.com for updates.