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>> THE SCENE HERE AT THE HOTEL IS STILL VERY ACTIVE. INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE HOTEL. THAT COULD LAST SEVERAL DAYS AS THEY PROCESS EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. >> OUR OFFICERS TODAY SHOWED HOW TRULY PROFESSIONAL AND INCREDIBLE THEY ARE. >> MANCHESTER POLICE CHIEF CARLO CAPANO IS HONORING THE BRAVERY OF HIS OFFICERS AFTER A STANDOFF AT THE QUALITY INN HOTEL THAT LASTED FOR HOURS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS IT BEGAN WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED AROUND 730 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR A WARRANT CHECK FOR 51-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN MARSHALL AND ANOTHER MAN. >> AT THE SAME TIME THE POLICE APPROACHED THE FIRST FLOOR ROOM IN THE HOTEL, WHERE STEPHEN MARSHALL AND THE OTHER MAN WERE SAYING, MR. MARSHALL EXITED THE ROOM BY A WINDOW. >> MARSHALL WAS CONFRONTED BY TWO DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AGENTS AND A MANCHESTER POLICE OFFICER. THEY SAY MARSHALL WAS CARRYING A GUN, TWO OF THE OFFICERS FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AND MARSHALL WAS SHOT AND KILLED. >> ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO EXPLAIN THE FULL NATURE OF OUR INVESTIGATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE DEA SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A DRUG-RELATED OFFENSE. >> MEANWHILE, THE MANCHESTER SWAT TEAM TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOTEL ROOM, OFFICERS WERE SHOT AT SEVERAL TIMES OVER A NINE HOUR PERIOD. NASHUA POLICE ASSISTED AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN THIS MORNING, WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN DEAD INSIDE. >> IT IS DISHEARTENING THAT WE HAVE TO DO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE WE DID TODAY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OVER A NINE HOUR. OFFICERS BEING SHOT AT AND HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT NONE OF OUR OFFICERS WERE SHOT. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED THAT NONE OF THEM WERE HURT TODAY. >> THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STEPHEN MARSHALL. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS THIS WEEK, THEY ARE ASKED TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. LIVE IN MANCHESTER, KRISTEN CAROSA, WMUR NEWS 9 >> THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING IN A BUSY SECTION OF THE CITY. EXIT ONE ON I-293 IS BACK OPEN FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE, BUT IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT SCENE HOURS AGO. WMUR’S ANDY HERSHBERGER HAS MORE TONIGHT FROM PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND WERE KEPT OUT OF THE AREA. >> SOME PEOPLE HEARD THE SHOTS OTHERS DIDN’T BUT IT WASN’T TOO LONG BEFORE WORD SPREAD ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ROADS WERE SHUT DOW PART OF SOUTH WILLOW STREET, ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN THE STATE WAS SHUT DOWN ONCE SHOTS WERE FIRED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIVERTED ALL AROUND THE HOTEL MAKING IT TOUGH FOR SOME TO GET TO WORK. AS OTHERS WERE HEADING OUT FROM LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES THEY WERE GATHERING BITS AND PIECES OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AFTER A LONG NIGHT. >> WE THOUGHT WE HEARD FLASH BANGS ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT STARTING AT AROUND230 IN THE MORNING. IT SOUNDED LIKE GUNSHOTS GOING OFF BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS FLASH BANGS. >> WAS WALKING INTO HANNAFORD MARKET TO DO SOME GROCERY SHOPPING AND I HEARD WHAT I THOUGHT WERE FIRECRACKERS LIKE TEN OF THEM SO I WENT IN DID MY SHOPPING WHEN I CAME OUT THE MANAGER OF THE HANNAFORD WAS SAYING THERE WAS A SHOOTING. >> EARLIER TODAY, ALL OF THIS WAS SHUT DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS BACK UP AND RUNNING NORMALLY. THE ONLY AREA THAT WILL BE CLOSED IS THE AREA AROUND THE HOTEL. NO TELLING HOW LON

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A more than 14-hour standoff at a Manchester hotel ended Thursday morning with all three people involved dead, police said.One man was killed Wednesday night, and an adult man and adult woman were found dead in the first-floor room at the Quality Inn on John E. Devine Drive in Manchester after police were able to enter the room, police said.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe standoff came after an officer-involved shooting at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday that led to the death of Stephen Marshall, 51, of Manchester. An autopsy on Marshall's body will be done on Thursday, according to the attorney general's office.>> Minute-by-minute timeline: What happened at hotelAttorney General Gordon MacDonald said Manchester police and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration went to the hotel for a warrant check on Marshall and another man. "At the same general time that the police approached the first-floor room in the hotel where Marshall and the other male were staying, Mr. Marshall exited the room via a west-facing window," MacDonald said.MacDonald said Marshall was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and was shot during an engagement with the law enforcement officers. A Manchester police officer and DEA agent both fired their weapons, MacDonald said.Marshall was taken to Elliot Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.According to protocol, the Manchester police officer was placed on leave. The names of the officer and the DEA agent are being withheld pending an investigation, according to Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati."Although we are not prepared to explain the full nature of our investigation, as you know, we are the DEA, so it is obvious there is a drug-related offense, and that is why we were there," said Jon DeLena DEA associate special agent in charge.Agati said a portion of the incident was caught on video."We thought that we heard flashbangs all through the night, starting around like 2:30 in the morning," neighbor Paige Barnett said. "It sounded like gunshots that were going off, but I think it was flashbangs."Crisis negotiators worked through the night and morning to communicate with two other people who barricaded themselves in a room at the hotel. "I'm not happy," neighbor Kristen Daniels said. "I don't know what their motives are. I just want it to come to an end. I want the SWAT team to be safe."Police said shots were fired in the hotel multiple times Wednesday night through Thursday morning. No law enforcement officers were injured.“Manchester police officers were, for lack of a better term, they were attacked tonight. It’s something that we can’t tolerate. It’s something that we’re not going to tolerate,” Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano said.>> View the morning briefing from officialsPolice said Thursday morning that authorities swapped in the Nashua SWAT team to relieve Manchester SWAT officers, who had been at the scene for 12 hours. Capt. Brian O'Keefe said such a practice is typical during long-duration incidents."Manchester SWAT officers have been on scene for several hours now. They've been working diligently and they have been extremely patient, and their professionalism is shining through," Capano said before the change was made.Police said the Nashua officers were able to enter the room about 10:15 a.m., and they found the man and woman dead inside. Their identities and causes of death have not been released.No law enforcement officers, hotel guests or hotel staff were injured. The hotel was evacuated safely late Wednesday night.By 10:45 a.m., Manchester's South Willow Street and Exit 1 on both sides of I-293 were fully reopened. Marshall has a criminal history in New Hampshire going back more than 10 years. He was indicted by a Manchester grand jury two weeks ago on charges of fentanyl possession. He was also arrested by Manchester police last month and charged with possession of crack cocaine.According to court documents, Marshall failed to appear at a plea and sentencing hearing on drug charges in February, and an arrest warrant was issued.Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Sgt. Matt Amatucci, of the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit, at 603-419-8291. This is a developing story that will be updated as more information comes in.