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[[Image:Manch-mills-westside.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Manchester, New Hampshire]]
The '''2006 Manchester, New Hampshire police shooting''' was an incident that took place on [[October 16]], [[2006]] in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], [[United States]]. The incident occurred when [[police officer]] Michael Briggs was shot while on duty. Briggs was later transported to the [[hospital]] before dying of his injuries. The suspect, Michael "Styx" Addison, fled the state of [[New Hampshire]], prompting a [[manhunt]] by police. 15 hours after the shooting, Addison was arrested in [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]] and was extradited back to New Hampshire.<ref name="c">{{cite web|author=New Hampshire Police Association|title=Officer Michael Briggs|accessdate=2006-12-07|url=http://www.nhpolice.com/memorial/Briggs.htm}}</ref> Addison was charged with the shooting of Michael Briggs and fleeing police. Addison was transported to the [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County Jail]] with $2 million (2006 [[United States dollar|USD]]) in bail (contrary to other news reports).<ref name="a">{{cite web|title=Officer Michael Briggs|publisher=The Officer Down Memorial Page|accessdate=2006-12-07|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=18543}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=''[[CBS|CBS 4 News]]''|title=Suspect In N.H. Cop Shooting Held Without Bail|publisher=CBS|accessdate=2006-12-07|url=http://cbs4boston.com/local/local_story_310091530.html}}</ref><ref name="b">{{cite web|author=''Associated Press''|title=Capital murder suspect in court|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=2006-12-07|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061118/NEWS02/111180197}}</ref> The incident prompted prosecutors to seek the [[death penalty]] for Michael Addison, which caused a debate about the place of [[capital punishment in New Hampshire]]. <ref name="d">{{cite web|author=Jonathan Saltzman|title=N.H. revives death-penalty issue|publisher=The Boston Globe|accessdate=2006-12-07|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/19/nh_revives_death_penalty_issue/}}</ref>
Recent<!--meaning when?--> news reports indicated that the [[October 12]], [[2006]] shooting and a string of crimes that occurred a week earlier resulted in two more people connected with Addison were arrested and questioned by authorities.<ref name="cmc">{{cite web|author=[[Associated Press]]|year=2006|title=Up to 30 to 60 days before Addison is returned to New Hampshire|publisher=Portsmouth Herald|accessdate=2007-02-06|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/special/10_19special4.htm}}</ref>
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