NH - Wendy Lawrence, 45, shot four times after traffic stop

Lawrence first attracted attention after a New Hampshire State Police trooper saw a Chevrolet Monte Carlo being driven 'erratically' on a southbound highway at roughly 6:30 p.m. Monday, according to a statement from Jeffery A. Strelzin, the senior assistant state attorney general.

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Earlier today, police visited the home of D M to make sure none of the bullets struck her home, which is about 200 feet behind Lawrence's car.

M said she heard one shot, followed by a pause and then several other shots. She said she heard nothing before the shooting.

"Usually the streets are really quiet; you can hear sirens. There were no sirens," she said.

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The driver had exited Interstate 93 at 9S, weaved through neighborhoods and rammed a state police cruiser that pulled in front of her, according to accounts neighbors relayed from police.

However, photographs of the incident show no damage to Lawrence's car or the state police cruiser.

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Peter said Lawrence suffered from anxiety and took medication for it. Her police fears stemmed from an incident about a year ago in Allenstown. He said police "beat the hell out of her" and intentionally crushed her new pair of glasses. He said it was a misunderstanding on the part of police: a restraining order that forbade Lawrence from having contact with him had been revoked, but police were unaware of it.

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The shooting drew at least a dozen New Hampshire State Police and Manchester police cruisers. The dark-colored sedan was touching the rear tire of one state police cruiser.

At least 10 Manchester police evidence cones — often used to pinpoint shell casings — were in front of the car, whose front driver's side door was open.

Eleven bullet holes peppered the driver's side of the windshield.

R B, who lives across from Dave Street, said he was watching television about 6:30 p.m. when he heard eight to 10 gunshots.

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Renee110 said:

I don't get why there was a chase (and I'm assuming since she was trying to get away, she was driving fast, which would make this a high speed chase) just because she had a traffic violation.

I think high speed chases are serious and are for attempting to capture dangerous people that shouldn't be free to do whatever they were doing.

And um, hello? The damn cop HAD her license and knew her name and address and where to find her. She wasn't a wanted fugitive that was fixing to slip away and elude all the LE that had been looking for her if they didn't chase her NOW.

So lets see....a high speed chase to catch a someone driving on a suspended license, and then shooting her 11 times. Yep....duty done.

Something weird going on here.

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3 "The most likely explanation for this person being out on the highway is that he was another motorist who had witnessed Ms. Lawrence's accident. That person has not been identified."

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