Suspect Linked to Saturday’s Fatal Shooting in Franklin Found Dead

State police are investigating after a man linked to Saturday’s fatal shootings in Franklin was found dead early that evening.

According to officials with the New Hampshire attorney general’s office, 42-year-old Jamie Bell had been considered a person of interest following Saturday morning’s shooting inside a multi-family home on Elkins Street near Edmunds.

Police say Bell killed his partner Nicole Hughes and the couple’s one-year-old daughter, Ariella Bell.

Hughes’ five-year-old daughter reportedly was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in the arm and is expected to recover.