A man is dead after breaking into a family member’s home in Manchester Tuesday afternoon, tying the relative's boyfriend to a chair and pointing a gun at him, then committing a larceny in Windham, according to police.
Police identified the suspect as 46-year-old Rye Shashok and state police said he had self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The investigation started when police officers responded to a home invasion on Oakland Street in Manchester at 2:09 p.m.
The owner told them that she hadn’t had a conversation with Shashok in a couple years.
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She had made arrangements to meet her boyfriend at her home around 2 p.m. to drive to an appointment together and her boyfriend got there first.
When he went inside, he found Shashok holding a knife, police said, and the boyfriend pulled out a handgun, which he was legally carrying.
Then Shashok lunged, hit the man in the face with his elbow and grabbed the gun from the boyfriend during a struggle.
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Shashok forced the boyfriend to sit in a chair, tied his hands behind his back and told the man the owner of the home had abandoned him and he blamed the boyfriend for that, police said.
While Shashok was tying the boyfriend’s legs to the chair, the homeowner arrived and opened the door. That’s when her boyfriend yelled for her to run, police said.
Shashok chased her, but she was able to hide in a neighbor’s residence and contacted Manchester Police.
Police said Shashok went back to her house soon after and pointed the gun at the boyfriend.
The boyfriend shouted, “You don’t want to do that” and Shashok ran.
After Shashok was gone, the boyfriend was able to free himself from the chair.
According to authorities, Shashok had stolen a car in New Jersey Tuesday morning and drove it to Connecticut.
As Manchester police searched for him, Bowers Elementary School was placed in secure mode Tuesday afternoon and residents in the area were urged to stay inside.
Hours later, around 5 p.m., state police responded to a larceny on Windham Center Road in Windham.
Shashok had left in a box truck, police said, and during the investigation, Manchester Police notified state police that a suspect in a home invasion in their city was possibly found in Windham.
State police later found the box truck and said Shashok had run.
State troopers then responded to Jerusalem Road in Windham and were trying to contact a homeowner when Shashok ran from the residence and into the wood line, state police said.
State police said Shashok fired several rounds at state troopers during the chase.
As the troopers approached him, he had self-inflicted gunshot wounds, state police said, and he died at the scene.
Central District Major Crimes Squad has assumed this investigation.
No state troopers were injured.
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