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02-05-2005, 11:29 AM
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N.H. State Police Det. James A. Conrad, a crime scene technician, removes a shotgun from in front of 18 Pleasant St. in Salem on Friday morning. Police were investigating the shooting of a man at that location.
Salem man killed in confrontation with police
A Salem man with a history of run-ins with police was shot and killed outside of his home on Pleasant Street, early Friday morning. The shooting occurred at around 1 a.m., shortly after the man allegedly beat another man at the Player’s Restaurant & Lounge on Main Street.
The incident is still under investigation by the State Police Major Crime Unit, and officials have yet to identify the slain man, but neighbors identified him as Kip Pepin, 27. Neighbors said that around 1 a.m., they heard loud shouting and between three and four shots being fired, after which they saw police drag Pepin from underneath a bush in front of the house.
Ronnie Abbott, another tenant in the multi-unit house, said he heard “three big bangs” and thought someone was banging on his door. Looking out his window, Abbott said he saw three police officers – one on the front step of his home, and two in the yard – pointing their flashlights at a bush next to the door. Abbott said he saw a hand under the bush and watched police drag Pepin out.
“ He was in bad shape there was a lot of blood, he was bleeding pretty bad,” Abbott said. After pulling Pepin out from under a bush, Abbott said he saw him raise his hand up and say something to police.
State police investigators removed a black shotgun from the snow under the bushes where neighbors said they saw Pepin lying. They also took as many as 20 unfired black shotgun shells from a patch of blood-stained snow several feet away.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Will Delker said his office is investigating the incident with the help of the State Police’s Major Crime Unit, and with the cooperation of the Salem Police. Delker said this is standard procedure for any incident where police use force. At this point in the investigation Delker said he could confirm very few details.
“ The incident began when the Salem Police got a call of a disturbance at the municipal parking lot (located several blocks away on Main Street), and then they ended up over at 18 Pleasant St.,” he said. Delker said it would likely be several days before he could provide details on how the police ended up on Pleasant Street, what led to the shooting and which Salem Police officers shot Pepin.
Police declined to comment on whether any officers had been injured in the incident.
“ I don’t think we’re going to comment on the status or if any of the officers were hurt,” said Lt. Russell S. Conte, of the State Police Major Crime Unit, adding that until all witnesses had been interviewed and the forensics unit had completed their investigation, no details would be released.
Salem District Court arraigned Pepin in 2001 for Hampton and Durham District courts on a number of charges including driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest. One charge said Pepin bit an arresting officer on the hand while being apprehended.
Although police said they would not release any details until their investigation was done, two men, who identified themselves as “Josh McHale” and “Bill Marche”, said they witnessed Pepin beat another man at the Player’s Restaurant & Lounge. McHale, who said he was 22, said he saw Pepin get into an argument with another man, who identified only as “Phil.” McHale said the two men took their argument out behind the bar, where it was broken up by a bouncer who told both men to leave the grounds.
While leaving Player’s, McHale and Marche said they saw the two men fighting once again in the parking lot. They said they pulled the two apart but Pepin turned and went after the other man again.
“ When we pulled them apart, Kip turned around and kicked the kid laying on the ground in the face,” McHale said. McHale said he and Marche told Pepin to leave, and watched him walk away from the bar and head toward his home, a few blocks away on Pleasant Street. As he left, McHale said he heard Pepin say he planned to go get his gun.
“ We thought he was full of crap,” Marche said. “It didn’t even come into our brains it would happen like that.”
McHale and Marche said they put the beating victim in their car to take him to the hospital, and were stopped by police only a few yards away from the parking lot where the fight had occurred. Police took their ID cards, they said, and then before they could give them back, “they took off and fast.”
McHale and Marche said they were in shock to hear the news of Pepin’s death. They described Pepin as an acquaintance, not as a close friend.
“ I know he had gotten in one or two fights previously, but never anything that escalated into anything,” McHale said, describing Pepin as “not the happiest person.”
Marche said Pepin had always been friendly to him, even lending him $10 when he needed it, but had recently appeared troubled, though he never explained to Marche why.
Frank Azorian, who lives across from Pepin’s Pleasant Street home, said the slain man seemed nice the only time the two had ever spoke, when he came over and talked to Azorian about his dog who had been playing in the backyard.
Abbott also said he had never had any problems with Pepin and described him as “nice enough.”
Gary Boutin, of 29 Pleasant St., said he had worked on the roof of the house where Pepin lived, and knew Sandra Wenning, the owner. Boutin, said he met Pepin briefly several months ago, while doing the roof work. Boutin said the Wenning family seemed to know Pepin well and were offering him help with car troubles he was having.
“ He seemed like he was an average kid,” Boutin said. “He was just hanging around, talking, watching us work. He didn’t seem out of the ordinary.”
Boutin said he talked to an unidentified female member of the Wenning family after the shooting, and she told him she was shocked Pepin had been involved in a shooting.
“ She was surprised this happened,” Boutin said. “She said he was pretty immature. He acted more like he was 16 than 27.”
article (http://www.salemobserver.com/issues/2005/02/04/salem_01.aspx)
N.H. State Police Det. James A. Conrad, a crime scene technician, removes a shotgun from in front of 18 Pleasant St. in Salem on Friday morning. Police were investigating the shooting of a man at that location.
Salem man killed in confrontation with police
A Salem man with a history of run-ins with police was shot and killed outside of his home on Pleasant Street, early Friday morning. The shooting occurred at around 1 a.m., shortly after the man allegedly beat another man at the Player’s Restaurant & Lounge on Main Street.
The incident is still under investigation by the State Police Major Crime Unit, and officials have yet to identify the slain man, but neighbors identified him as Kip Pepin, 27. Neighbors said that around 1 a.m., they heard loud shouting and between three and four shots being fired, after which they saw police drag Pepin from underneath a bush in front of the house.
Ronnie Abbott, another tenant in the multi-unit house, said he heard “three big bangs” and thought someone was banging on his door. Looking out his window, Abbott said he saw three police officers – one on the front step of his home, and two in the yard – pointing their flashlights at a bush next to the door. Abbott said he saw a hand under the bush and watched police drag Pepin out.
“ He was in bad shape there was a lot of blood, he was bleeding pretty bad,” Abbott said. After pulling Pepin out from under a bush, Abbott said he saw him raise his hand up and say something to police.
State police investigators removed a black shotgun from the snow under the bushes where neighbors said they saw Pepin lying. They also took as many as 20 unfired black shotgun shells from a patch of blood-stained snow several feet away.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Will Delker said his office is investigating the incident with the help of the State Police’s Major Crime Unit, and with the cooperation of the Salem Police. Delker said this is standard procedure for any incident where police use force. At this point in the investigation Delker said he could confirm very few details.
“ The incident began when the Salem Police got a call of a disturbance at the municipal parking lot (located several blocks away on Main Street), and then they ended up over at 18 Pleasant St.,” he said. Delker said it would likely be several days before he could provide details on how the police ended up on Pleasant Street, what led to the shooting and which Salem Police officers shot Pepin.
Police declined to comment on whether any officers had been injured in the incident.
“ I don’t think we’re going to comment on the status or if any of the officers were hurt,” said Lt. Russell S. Conte, of the State Police Major Crime Unit, adding that until all witnesses had been interviewed and the forensics unit had completed their investigation, no details would be released.
Salem District Court arraigned Pepin in 2001 for Hampton and Durham District courts on a number of charges including driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest. One charge said Pepin bit an arresting officer on the hand while being apprehended.
Although police said they would not release any details until their investigation was done, two men, who identified themselves as “Josh McHale” and “Bill Marche”, said they witnessed Pepin beat another man at the Player’s Restaurant & Lounge. McHale, who said he was 22, said he saw Pepin get into an argument with another man, who identified only as “Phil.” McHale said the two men took their argument out behind the bar, where it was broken up by a bouncer who told both men to leave the grounds.
While leaving Player’s, McHale and Marche said they saw the two men fighting once again in the parking lot. They said they pulled the two apart but Pepin turned and went after the other man again.
“ When we pulled them apart, Kip turned around and kicked the kid laying on the ground in the face,” McHale said. McHale said he and Marche told Pepin to leave, and watched him walk away from the bar and head toward his home, a few blocks away on Pleasant Street. As he left, McHale said he heard Pepin say he planned to go get his gun.
“ We thought he was full of crap,” Marche said. “It didn’t even come into our brains it would happen like that.”
McHale and Marche said they put the beating victim in their car to take him to the hospital, and were stopped by police only a few yards away from the parking lot where the fight had occurred. Police took their ID cards, they said, and then before they could give them back, “they took off and fast.”
McHale and Marche said they were in shock to hear the news of Pepin’s death. They described Pepin as an acquaintance, not as a close friend.
“ I know he had gotten in one or two fights previously, but never anything that escalated into anything,” McHale said, describing Pepin as “not the happiest person.”
Marche said Pepin had always been friendly to him, even lending him $10 when he needed it, but had recently appeared troubled, though he never explained to Marche why.
Frank Azorian, who lives across from Pepin’s Pleasant Street home, said the slain man seemed nice the only time the two had ever spoke, when he came over and talked to Azorian about his dog who had been playing in the backyard.
Abbott also said he had never had any problems with Pepin and described him as “nice enough.”
Gary Boutin, of 29 Pleasant St., said he had worked on the roof of the house where Pepin lived, and knew Sandra Wenning, the owner. Boutin, said he met Pepin briefly several months ago, while doing the roof work. Boutin said the Wenning family seemed to know Pepin well and were offering him help with car troubles he was having.
“ He seemed like he was an average kid,” Boutin said. “He was just hanging around, talking, watching us work. He didn’t seem out of the ordinary.”
Boutin said he talked to an unidentified female member of the Wenning family after the shooting, and she told him she was shocked Pepin had been involved in a shooting.
“ She was surprised this happened,” Boutin said. “She said he was pretty immature. He acted more like he was 16 than 27.”
article (http://www.salemobserver.com/issues/2005/02/04/salem_01.aspx)