Additional Information in Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation in Bath, New Hampshire

Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces additional information regarding the response by members of the Attorney General's Office and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crime Unit to an officer-involved shooting on October 8, 2026, in Bath, New Hampshire.

On Thursday evening New Hampshire State Police and local police departments responded to a report that Jeanne A. Seto (age 36), was armed and driving to confront a family member with whom she had a dispute. Law enforcement located Ms. Seto's vehicle around 7:04 P.M. on Route 112 heading towards Bath. Despite commands to stop her vehicle, Ms. Seto did not comply. The resulting pursuit concluded after police deployed a spike strip, stopping Ms. Seto's vehicle just south of the intersection of Route 112 and Route 302. When troopers and an officer approached the vehicle, they found Ms. Seto armed with a handgun. During the interaction Ms. Seto suffered gunshot wounds and was then transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced deceased. The circumstances of who fired and when are still under active investigation.

An autopsy performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner concluded Ms. Seto's cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds, and her manner of death was homicide. As used by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, homicide is defined as the killing of one person by another.

No law enforcement officers were physically injured during this incident. Officers were wearing body worn cameras at the time of the event, and that footage is being reviewed by investigators. No further information is expected to be provided until the identity of the law enforcement officers using deadly force is/are disclosed following formal interviews, which are expected to occur sometime in the next few weeks. The exact circumstances surrounding this incident remain under active investigation.