Names of Troopers who fired on Plymouth inn owner released

PLYMOUTH — Attorney General John Formella revealed the names of six State Troopers who fired upon the owner of a bed and breakfast in Plymouth in November.

Kevin Steinfeldt, 58, of Plymouth died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during an altercation at the Federal House Inn on the afternoon of Nov. 6. Associate Chief Medical Examiner Abigail Alexander determined the cause of his death was suicide and that he also sustained multiple gunshot wounds after State Troopers discharged their weapons during the police response. 

Sergeant Michael Cedrone, Sergeant Stefan Czyzowski, Sergeant Nicholas Levesque, Trooper Daniel Roger, Trooper First Class Ryan St. Cyr, and Sergeant Noah Sanctuary discharged firearms during this incident, Formella wrote in a press release Tuesday afternoon. 

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The exact circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation. Formella wrote he anticipates a report regarding the incident and if the officer’s use of deadly force was justified to be released when the investigation concludes. 

Officers from the Plymouth Police Department responded to the Federal House Inn after a disturbance was reported at 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 6. Officers who arrived at the scene reported hearing sounds consistent with gunshots coming from the interior of the residence and Steinfeld, who owned the bed and breakfast, had barricaded himself inside.

A SWAT unit and the New Hampshire State Police Crisis Negotiation Team arrived to provide assistance to Plymouth police and, over the course of several hours, were able to communicate with Steinfeldt, who was armed with a long gun and who they identified as the source of the reported disturbance. 

Before 1 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 7, SWAT officers said over the radio they’d fired on Steinfeldt and, upon entering the building, found him near a first-floor doorway suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the officers were injured during the shooting.