Press Release on Silver Street Incident

On today's date at approximately 5:48 P.M. Middleton Police were dispatched to the 200 area of Silver Street for a reported disturbance with shots fired.  Due to the nature of the call, Milton and Farmington Police were immediately dispatched and Middleton EMS was put on stand by.

Upon arriving at scene, Police units confirmed by speaking with two separate residences that a single vehicle entered a driveway from Silver Street.  There was a heated exchange of words and what both witnesses describe as a single shot fired.

Upon examining the scene, police located fresh footprints leading to a wooded area.  The NH State Police was contacted and responded with a K-9 and multiple units.

We did locate forensic evidence at the scene which may assist us in locating a suspect.

Upon searching the area, police learned through the use of the K-9 and a thermal imaging unit provided by the Fire Department that the person had left the wooded area.

A State of New Hampshire reverse 911 call was placed to a 5 mile area until such point that we confirmed that an armed person was not in the wooded area.  At approximately 8:40 P.M. that reverse 911 call was cleared.

We are looking for an older model gray  Mitsubishi with an unknown registration.  The last known direction of travel was down Silver Street in the direction of Farmington.    Anyone having any information is requested to contact Middleton Police at 473-8548.

We would like to thank that public for their cooperation and patience during this incident.  We will update additional information as we receive it.  We are still in the early preliminary stages of this investigation.

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