On Monday, at 4:30 p.m., a candlelight vigil will be held near the state hospital to remember Bradley Haas, the security guard who was killed in the hospital’s lobby on Friday. The vigil will take place on the soccer fields near the hospital, at the corner of South Fruit and Clinton streets in Concord. Mental health support will be available on-site during the event, provided by NAMI NH. Anyone who cannot attend but would like mental health support is encouraged to call 988, the state’s Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline. Help is also available by texting 833-710-6477 and visiting nh988.com.
On Friday afternoon, Bradley Haas, a 63-year-old security guard from Franklin, was killed while beginning his shift at the hospital by 33-year-old John Madore, who police described as a transient. Haas had been with the hospital since 2019 and had previously served as Franklin’s police chief. The state police have not disclosed what brought Madore to the hospital or whether he was connected to a U-Haul found running in the parking lot with an AR-style rifle, tactical vest, and several magazines of ammunition inside.