Former Franklin police chief shot, killed in shooting at state hospital Friday

CONCORD — Bradley Haas, 63, a security guard and former Franklin police chief, was shot and killed at New Hampshire Hospital on Friday, according to a news release from the Attorney General's Office.

Haas is believed to have been shot by 33-year-old John Madore in the hospital's front lobby around 3:30 p.m., before a state trooper on duty shot and killed Madore. The trooper shot Madore before he could get through a lobby metal detector and into the psychiatric hospital.

The name of the state trooper is being withheld pending the conclusion of the investigation into the shooting at the 185-bed facility. Haas received CPR, but later died at Concord Hospital.

Madore’s intent is currently unknown, but police later found a suspicious box truck near the scene. Investigators have yet to make a connection between the truck and Madore.

Madore, who had been staying in a Seacoast area hotel, had recently moved back to Concord. In 2016 and 2017, he was charged with assault and reckless conduct respectively, but those charges were eventually dismissed according to documents released by the New Hampshire court system on Saturday.

Autopsy results released by the Attorney General's Office Saturday concluded that both Haas and Madore died from multiple gunshot wounds.

New Hampshire State Police, the Concord Police Department, NH State Office Complex Police, the Merrimack County Sheriff's Office and the Concord Fire Department responded quickly to the scene on Friday. 

In addition to working for the state Department of Safety as a security officer at the hospital, Haas was a military police officer in the U.S. Army, and had a 28-year history with the Franklin Police Department, where he rose to the rank of police chief before retiring in 2008. Haas was living in Franklin with his family, who have asked for privacy.

This past weekend, members of the Franklin Police Department wore mourning bands on their badges, according to a Facebook post made by the department, which also said the flag would be flown at half-staff.

A candlelight vigil to remember Haas was scheduled to take place Monday evening.