据官员称,周六新罕布什尔州纳舒厄乡村俱乐部致命枪击案的嫌疑人周一在首次出庭时放弃了传讯,并因二级谋杀指控被拘留,不得保释。
据新罕布什尔州总检察长办公室称,23岁的亨特·纳多(Hunter Nadeau)涉嫌进入纳舒厄的天空牧场乡村俱乐部(Sky Meadow Country Club),开了几枪,打死了一人。当局称,另有两人受伤,其中包括一名乡村俱乐部的员工。
遭致命枪击的受害者被确认为59岁的罗伯特·史蒂文·大卫·切斯。官员们表示,嫌疑人和受害者之间“没有已知的联系”,大卫·切斯的家人为他感到悲痛。
与他结婚27年的妻子查伦·大卫·切斯在接受美国广播公司采访时表示:“你很难找到一个比他更受爱戴的人了,不仅是他的家人,还有他的许多高尔夫、扑克和篮球朋友。”。
她补充道,“对于朋友和社区的大力支持,我无法表达我的感激之情。我在纳舒厄警察局和总检察长办公室接触过的每一个人都非常友善和专业。”
夏琳要求公众不要报道枪手的可能动机。新罕布什尔州总检察长约翰·福梅拉(John M. Formella)表示,枪手据称在枪击事件中说了几段话,以“制造混乱”。
“我也要提醒每个人小心那些关于发生了什么和为什么发生的猜测和胡说八道。这只会让所有相关的人更加困难,包括正在努力工作的警察,”夏琳说。
罗伯特的母亲埃维·奥鲁克告诉美国广播公司新闻子公司WCVB,她的儿子将自己置于枪手和他的家人之间,为了保护他们而失去了生命。
“他做了我确信是他本能要做的事。就像我说的,他面对着枪手,没有试图逃跑,这是他妻子说的,”奥洛克说。“看到枪击事件,我仍然感到震惊,但我知道他这样做了:他的想法是照顾他的家人。”
奥洛克补充说,罗伯特正在为他女儿六周后的婚礼做准备。
福梅拉周日表示,纳多是乡村俱乐部的员工,已经在那里工作了大约一年。他说,调查人员将继续调查嫌疑人在乡村俱乐部的经历。
在周一纳舒厄巡回法院的庭审中,纳多放弃了对他的传讯,法官将可能的原因听证会安排在下个月。
听证会后,高级助理司法部长彼得·欣克利告诉记者,对纳多提起的二级谋杀指控是不得保释的指控。
欣克利说,他在公开谈论此案时受到限制,因为法院已经封存了此案的一份可能原因宣誓书。
欣克利说,一旦案件在90天内提交给大陪审团,预计会对纳多提出更多指控。
欣克利说,两名枪击事件受害者周一仍在医院接受治疗,一名情况稳定,另一名情况严重。根据纳舒厄警察局的说法,另有四人在事件中受伤,但不是死于枪击。
“动机仍在调查中,”欣克利说。
这个乡村俱乐部包括一个高尔夫球场、一个婚礼场地和一个餐厅。当局没有说明枪击的具体地点。最初,纳舒厄警方表示,两名武装嫌疑人逃离了枪击现场,其中一人在逃,但他们后来表示,监控视频证实只有一名枪手。
天空牧场乡村俱乐部的老板罗布·帕森斯(Rob Parsons)宣读了一份准备好的声明,其中一部分说,“这是懦夫的令人发指的行为,他将为自己的所作所为负责。”
帕森说:“对于大卫·切斯家庭来说,没有任何语言可以表达你和我们社区对罗伯特遇害的痛苦和悲伤。”“他是个英雄。”
New Hampshire shooting victim's wife praises late husband as suspect appears in court
The suspect in Saturday's fatal shooting at a country club in Nashua, New Hampshire, waived his arraignment on Monday during his first court appearance and is being held without bail on a second-degree murder charge, according to officials.
Hunter Nadeau, 23, is alleged to have entered the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua and fired several gunshots, fatally shooting one person, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office. Two other people, including an employee of the country club, were injured, authorities said.
The victim who was fatally shot was identified as Robert Steven DeCesare, 59. There was "no known connection" between the suspect and the victim, officials said, as members of the DeCesare family grieved for him.
"You'd be hard pressed to find a man more loved, not only by his family but by his many groups of friends from golf, poker and pickleball," Charlene DeCesare, his wife of 27 years, said in a statement to ABC News.
She added, "I cannot say enough how grateful I am for the outpouring of support from our friends and community. The stellar kindness and professionalism from everyone I have interacted with at Nashua PD and the AG has also been so appreciated."
Charlene asked the public to stay away from reporting about the shooter's possible motive. New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella said that the gunman allegedly said several statements during the shooting to "create chaos."
"I'd also caution everyone to beware the speculation and utter nonsense that is being posted about what happened and why. It's only making it harder for everyone involved, including the police who are trying to do their job," Charlene said.
Robert's mother, Evie O'Rourke, told ABC News affiliate WCVB that her son put himself between the gunman and his family, losing his life to protect them.
"He did what I'm sure was his instinct to do. Like I said, he was facing the shooter, not trying to get away, and that's what his wife said," O'Rourke said. "I'm still in shock seeing the shooting, but I know he did this: His thought was to take care of his family."
Robert was preparing for his daughter's wedding in six weeks, O'Rourke added.
Formella said on Sunday that Nadeau is an employee of the country club who has worked there for about a year. He said investigators will continue to look into the suspect's experience with the country club.
During Monday's court hearing in Nashua Circuit Court, Nadeau waived his arraignment, and a judge scheduled a probable cause hearing for next month.
Following the hearing, Peter Hinckley, senior assistant attorney general, told reporters the second-degree murder charge filed against Nadeau is a no-bail charge.
Hinckley said he was limited in what he could publicly say about the case because the court has sealed a probable cause affidavit filed in the case.
Hinckley said more charges are expected to be filed against Nadeau once the case is taken to a grand jury within 90 days.
Two shooting victims remained hospitalized on Monday, one in stable condition and the other in serious condition, Hinckley said. Four additional people were injured in the incident, but not by gunfire, according to the Nashua Police Department.
"Motive or motives are still under investigation," Hinckley said.
The country club contains a golf course, a wedding venue and a restaurant. Authorities did not specify the exact location of the shooting. Initially, Nashua police said two armed suspects fled the scene of the shooting and that one was at large, but they later said surveillance video confirmed there was only one shooter.
Rob Parsons, owner of Sky Meadow Country Club, read a prepared statement, saying in part, "This was the heinous act of a coward, who will be held accountable for what he did."
"To the DeCesare family, there are no words to express the pain and sorrow you and our community are feeling over Robert's murder," Parson said. "He is a hero."