2 men killed at registered NH sex offenders’ home
Apr 13, 2012, 12:30 AM
DALTON, N.H. (AP) – Two men were shot to death Thursday at a northern New Hampshire home listed on the state’s sex offender registry. A third man was injured in the shooting.
Wayne Ainsworth, who lived in the home, was injured and was in stable condition at a hospital, said his sister, Shari Souliere, who was briefed by police. She didn’t know who else may have been living in the home, and she wasn’t provided with details about what may have transpired, she said.
Investigators didn’t release the victims’ names or other details about the investigation. But the attorney general’s office said there was no threat to the public.
The state’s sex offender registry lists two offenders at the address, 54-year-old Ainsworth and 48-year-old Joseph Besk. Both were convicted of aggravated felonious sexual assault. A story by The Berlin Daily Sun says the two married in 2010, while Besk was finishing his prison sentence.
State police were originally alerted around 1:15 p.m. Thursday.
Hours later, crime scene tape blocked the dirt road leading to the home at 643 Whitefield Road, and the attorney general’s major crime unit was processing the scene Thursday evening. The attorney general’s office said autopsies on the two deceased victims were scheduled.
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