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The man, who fatally shot himself after injuring two others, was living in New Hampshire because of his assignment with the U.S. Navy, law enforcement officials said.
A small pleasure craft passes the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, seen from across the Piscataqua River in New Castle, New Hampshire. AP Photo/Charles Krupa
The man who shot and injured two people in Hampton, New Hampshire on Sunday before dying by suicide was an active-duty sailor in the US Navy, law enforcement officials announced Monday.
Police responded to Ocean Boulevard in Hampton Beach in the early morning of July 5 for reports of shots fired, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, speaking on behalf of New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall and Hampton Police Chief Alexander Reno, said previously.
Officers found two people, a 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, who had both been shot, the AG said. The two remain hospitalized for their injuries as of Monday afternoon, Formella’s office said.
Officers with the Hampton Police Department found a man about a block away from the shooting victims who matched the description of the alleged shooter, the AG said previously. The man raised a handgun, then fatally shot himself as an officer fired at him, Formella’s office said.
Officials previously identified the shooter as Tyshawn Cooper, 21, and said he was a resident of South Carolina.
But, on Monday, Formella’s office said that Cooper was 28 and was living in New Hampshire at the time of the shooting because of his assignment with the Navy.
Cooper was an Information Systems Technician Submarine Network Second Class assigned to the USS Hampton, the AG said. Hampton, a nuclear submarine, is currently undergoing maintenance at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
Navy officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.
The incident is under active investigation, Formella’s office said.
“The New Hampshire Department of Justice and the New Hampshire State Police are coordinating with their counterparts at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as they conduct their respective reviews of this incident,” his office wrote.
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