NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Witnesses say someone struck a gunman with a chair after the shooter said “free Palestine” and opened fire while a wedding was taking place in a New Hampshire country club.

One person was killed and two others were wounded Saturday before the suspect was taken into custody, authorities said.

The person who died at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua was a 59-year-old man identified as Robert Steven DeCesare, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke.

Authorities identified the suspect as Hunter Nadeau, 23, and said he had been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder for knowingly shooting DeCesare.

Witnesses at the scene said the shootings took place in a restaurant adjacent to a wedding that

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