CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Top legislators were quick to support the death penalty case against the man accused of shooting Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs.

The legislative Fiscal Committee voted Wednesday for $420,000 for Attorney General Kelly Ayotte to pursue capital murder charges against Michael “Stix” Addison, 26, of Manchester. The vote came the morning after Ayotte announced her intention to seek the death penalty.

Briggs, 35, who was married with two sons, was shot 15 minutes before his bicycle patrol shift ended at 3 a.m. Monday. He had responded to a report of a shot fired during a domestic disturbance. Addison was arrested Monday evening.

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Deputy Attorney General Bud Fitch asked the committee to approve money to hire two attorneys, a paralegal, a part-time secretary and to pay for experts, equipment and supplies. The committee approved the request but required periodic reports on the spending.

New Hampshire’s last execution was in 1939.

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