Victor Rivera arrested after 2 people found dead in parking lot in Nashua, New Hampshire

Victor Rivera arrested after 2 people found dead in parking lot in Nashua, New Hampshire

NASHUA, N.H. - A Nashua man was arrested after two people were found dead in a parking lot late Friday night in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Police said they responded to a report of gunshots at a parking lot on Maple Street. They found a man and woman dead from gunshot wounds there and ruled the deaths suspicious. Autopsies were done Saturday morning.

The victims, identified as Patricia Swett, 45, of Nashua and Matthew Champagne, 44, of Manchester New Hampshire. The cause of death for both victims was multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of their deaths was homicide.

Victor Rivera is accused of shooting and killing a man and woman in Nashua, New Hampshire on September 29, 2023. New Hampshire Department of Justice

Victor Rivera was arrested Saturday morning and is set to be arraigned on Monday. Attorney General John Formella said he knowingly caused the deaths of the two victims by shooting them.

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