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(NECN: Manchester, NH) - An estranged husband and wife are dead after a bitter domestic dispute terrorized a Manchester, New Hampshire, neighborhood on Thursday.
Police say 29-year-old Melissa Charbonneau was shot and killed by her husband, who turned the gun on himself after a daylong standoff inside their Jewett Street home.
Two nearby schools were locked down and at one point, SWAT teams asked residents to stay in their homes and hide in their basements.
According to The Union Leader newspaper, Melissa Charbonneau had recently taken out a restraining order against her husband, who ambushed her when she entered the home to collect some of her belongings.
The Union Leader reports Charbonneau's father was carrying his wounded daughter outside when he was shot twice in the back. He is expected to be OK.
The couple had a seven-year-old son.
Friends say 32-year-old Jonathan Charbonneau was devastated when he learned he would not be allowed to see the boy until after the holidays, after his wife was awarded temporary custody of the child.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
Friday, October 23, 2009
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