Nov 17, 2006 6:20 pm US/Eastern
Details Of N.H. Cop Shooting Revealed In Court
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) ―
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Michael Addison will stand trial for Officer Briggs murder.
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Briggs was just a foot away from Addison when the fatal shot was fired.
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With more than a dozen uniformed officers in the courtroom, a judge found enough evidence Friday for a man charged with capital murder in police officer Michael Brigg's death to be put on trial in Superior Court.
Manchester District Judge William Lyons issued the ruling involving Michael Addison, 26, who is charged with killing Briggs last month when Briggs answered a domestic disturbance call.
Detective Lt. Enoch Willard testified that Briggs' partner, John Breckenridge, identified Addison as the person who shot Briggs. Willard said the two officers were looking for Addison and Antoine Bell-Rogers, 21, of Manchester after getting a complaint involving Bell-Rogers.
Willard said when they found Addison and Bell-Rogers, Briggs yelled, "Police, stop!" He said Bell-Rogers stopped but Addison did not, so Briggs yelled twice more for him to stop. On the third command, Addison swiveled his head lifted his arm and shot Briggs, Willard said.
He said Briggs and Addison were standing about a foot apart.
Bell-Rogers immediately dropped to the ground and was taken into custody but Addison fled, said Willard.
Willard said police later found the gun, though the no fingerprints were on it. Police also found a red sweatshirt matching one Addison was wearing, he said.
Addison was captured at his grandmother's apartment in the Dorchester section of Boston on Oct. 16, the day Briggs was shot in the head. Briggs, a father of two boys, died at Elliot Hospital the next day.
Willard said police questioned Addison in Boston after his arrest.
"He didn't want to be seen as a monster. He said that repeatedly," Willard said.
Addison, initially fought extradition to New Hampshire but was arraigned on a capital murder charge in Manchester District Court three weeks after his arrest in Boston.
Addison, described in court documents as an unemployed father of two children, ages 2 and 8, has been held without bail. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
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