Authorities released the name of a man killed in a shooting in Dalton Wednesday night.
Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald stated in a release shared at 2 p.m. on Thursday that Mark R. Clermont, 45, of Whitefield, N.H. died after being shot in the head.
Police continue to investigate the circumstances that led to Clermont's death and the wounding of a New Hampshire State Police trooper.
The name of the trooper has not been released. AG MacDonald noted that the trooper is in critical but stable condition.
The shooting took place following a traffic stop by the trooper on Bridge Hill Road in Dalton about 9 p.m. on Wednesday.