By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2019

NEWPORT, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire authorities are investigating the shooting death of a woman in Newport.

Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said police responded to a 911 call that a woman had been shot at a home on Tuesday. Police found 75-year-old Margaret “Peggy” Clarke dead inside the home.

MacDonald said in a news release Wednesday that an autopsy determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest and the manner of her death is a homicide.



He said police believe they have identified all the parties involved, and there is no evidence to suggest that there’s any threat to the public.

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