MANCHESTER, NH – A Queens, New York man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured a 27-year-old man near a monument honoring Harmony Montgomery, police said.
Gil Diaz, 26, was charged with first-degree assault, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, tampering with physical evidence, unsworn falsification and resisting arrest, police said. Diaz was uncooperative with officers and initially gave a false name.
At approximately 5:30 pm on Saturday, Manchester Police responded to 140 Orange St. for a shooting, police said.
When officers arrived, they found a 27-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. The victim was uncooperative with police and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A witness told police he was sitting on his porch, heard a loud bang and then saw a man walking north between two houses. Officers reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect.
A short time later, officers found a man matching the suspect’s description.
Saturday’s shooting happened just yards from an apartment that had been searched by Manchester police and the FBI in connection with the Harmony Montgomery case. The 7-year-old New Hampshire girl has been missing since 2019. Her father, Adam Montgomery, is charged with her murder and a trial could begin later this year. On Thursday, he was found guilty of all charges in a firearms trial.
Memorials for Harmony on Saturday were surrounded by crime scene tape as they were part of the scene being processed for the Orange Street shooting.
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