New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella has identified the three police officers involved in a shooting in Pelham last month.

Sergeant Steven Russo and Officer Joseph Sanchez both fired their guns, while Corporal Michael Kasiske fired a beanbag shotgun, which is less lethal, according to a press release from the attorney general’s office. The Department of Justice is still investigating whether the officers’ use of deadly force was legally justified.

The officers, who all work for the Pelham Police Department, responded to a 9-1-1 call on May 15 that reported a person “in mental distress” on Nashua Road.

There, Sheldon Brockelbank, 33, fired a gun at officers multiple times. Brockelbank was hospitalized but in stable condition after the shooting.

Four other people have been shot by police in New Hampshire this year, one of whom died. The other incidents occurred in Derry, Londonderry, Dover and Keene.

Last year, police officers used deadly force nine times, with all but one incident resulting in a loss of life. So far, the attorney general’s office has ruled use of deadly force legally justified in every completed investigation of incidents from that timeframe.

The last time an officer was charged for their involvement in someone’s death was last February, when a former corrections officer was charged with second-degree murder for causing the death of an incarcerated person in 2023. Matthew Millar was accused of using his arms and/or legs to apply force and pressure to the chest and neck of a patient, causing deadly asphyxiation. His trial is scheduled for this month.

Charlotte Matherly is the statehouse reporter for the Concord Monitor and Monadnock Ledger-Transcript in partnership with Report for America. Follow her on X at @charmatherly, subscribe to her Capital Beat newsletter and send her an email at cmatherly@cmonitor.com.