Prior to the gunfire, she said she heard 'a lot of yelling.' 'Police shot from the neighbor's back yard,' she said. She said officers were in an adjacent back yard where they could view the back of the house where the original shots came from.Īt some point, six shots rang out and police ran toward the house. Some time went by when seemingly, out of nowhere, 'police just swarmed' the area, she said. 'I kept saying, 'What was that?' We were looking outside.' 'There were two shots a minute or two apart,' she said. Jamieson said that she and her husband Dave Corriveau heard two gunshots come from a house that backs up to their back yard Saturday afternoon. Vernon Thomas, spokesman for the Derry police, could not be reached for comment. Investigators will be reviewing whether cruiser cameras video or audio recorded any portion of the incident.ĭerry Police Capt. The initial responding officers did not have body cameras. Pursuant to protocol, the name of the officers involved in the incident are being withheld pending the conclusion of a formal interview. No law enforcement officers or other private citizens were physically injured during the shooting incident, including the initial resident who was fired at. at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine Coppola's cause and manner of death. Initial information indicates three officers discharged weapons during the incident.Īn autopsy is scheduled for Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. 28 Bypass in Derry, Formella said in a press release issued Saturday night.ĭuring the incident that unfolded, a neighborhood resident from 5 Driftwood Road, Christopher Coppola, age 43, was shot. Police responded to the address in the area of Olde Coach Road and Rt. on Saturday, members of the Derry Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting an individual with a shotgun approaching 1 Driftwood Road, a private home, and firing at a resident. Formella said that at approximately 2:17 p.m.

Derry township shooting