Mark R. Clermont s obituary photo
Recovering Trooper Matthew Merrill from his Go Fund Me Page where $149,301 has been raised as of Jan. 1, 2021.
By R.C. REIS, Special to InDepthNH.org
WHITEFIELD, N.H. – A detailed review of police logs in the small town of Whitefield from May through December chronicle public complaints and police action involving 45-year-old Mark R. Clermont, the man who allegedly shot and critically wounded New Hampshire State Trooper Matthew Merrill on Dec. 23.
Clermont died in an exchange of gunfire with Merrill, according to a news release from Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, who is heading the investigation. The attorney general said Clermont was armed with a rifle and a handgun and that the deadly exchange happened after Clermont’s car was stopped at around 9 p.m.
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Natia Hagar attends a rolling rally at White Mountains Regional High School on Wednesday in support of Hagar, a 14-year-old freshman who was diagnosed last week with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. (Photo by Paul Hayes)
Natia Hagar and her mother s boyfriend, Eric Thompson, attend a rolling rally at White Mountains Regional High School on Wednesday in support of Hagar, a 14-year-old freshman who was diagnosed last week with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. (Photo by Paul Hayes)
Hundreds turned out for a rolling rally at White Mountains Regional High School on Wednesday in support of 14-year-old Natia Hagar, a freshman who was diagnosed last week with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. (Photo by Paul Hayes)