Fatal N.H. shooting
Involved man who worked in Maine agriculture
A 71-year-old man in Londonderry, New Hampshire, who used to work for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, apparently shot a home maintenance worker and then himself, according to authorities.
Richard Verville, a resident of Londonderry, shot 59-year-old Daniel Rabideau, a worker with City Fuel, then turned the gun on himself, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster.
Police in the southern New Hampshire town of Londonderry responded to Verville’s home Tuesday, May 24, 2016 to perform a welfare check. The police found Rabideau, who was servicing Verville’s home heating system, dead and Verville critically injured but alive. Verville was taken to a hospital in Boston and later died, Foster said Wednesday.
“Mr. Verville was apparently suffering from significant mental health issues at the time of the incident,” the attorney general said in a statement, while noting an investigation remains ongoing.
Verville spent more than three decades with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, working on livestock, compost and other issues during his career. In 1970, Verville was hired as an extension agent at Aroostook County Extension Office in Presque Isle and in 1977 transferred to the Kennebec County Extension Office, where he remained until retiring in 2001, according to John Rebar, director of the extension.
