Kristopher William Douglas-Chagnon, a 27-year-old male, was shot on the evening of Friday, May 13, 2022, outside a residence on Green Street in Keene, New Hampshire, and later died at the hospital. Authorities identified him as the victim that weekend as they began piecing together what happened, noting that everyone involved had been identified and that there was no ongoing threat to the public. His death was formally recorded the next day, May 14, 2022.
Investigators determined that the shooting occurred after the resident of the home, Shane Frazier, returned with his children and encountered a tense confrontation at his doorway. Witness accounts described a group following Frazier to his residence; one person briefly entered the house, and moments later, the confrontation escalated at the threshold. Frazier told police he retrieved a gun, issued warnings not to come inside again, and fired once when Douglas-Chagnon rushed the doorway and got in his face. The narrative of the approach, the brief entry, the warnings, and the single rifle shot comes from interviews summarized by local reporting on the attorney general's findings.
Nearly a year later, on May 3, 2023, the New Hampshire attorney general's office announced that no charges would be filed. Prosecutors said that while witness statements differed and some objective evidence was limited, they could not meet the burden of disproving Frazier's claim of self-defense at trial. In effect, Frazier was identified as the shooter but was not arrested or charged in connection with Douglas-Chagnon's death.
