Witness statements from a lethal shooting at a country club in New Hampshire point to a political motivation for the suspect, but police deny evidence of a "hate-based" impulse for the attack.

Hunter Nadeau, 23, walked into the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua with a handgun and opened fire on the patrons, according to prosecutors. Three people were shot, and one man, identified as 59-year-old Robert Steven DeCesare, was killed.

'I would say that the evidence leads us to believe this was more likely Mr. Nadeau was simply trying to make a number of statements to create chaos in the moment.'

A wedding reception was under way when Nadeau allegedly shot at patrons and workers. The suspect fled the scene and was arrested in a neighborhood nearby.

Police said that Nadeau previously had be

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