Authorities identify suspect in homicide near New Hampshire high school

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Authorities have identified a man who was beaten to death near a high school in New Hampshire on Thursday.

Te-Jay Thomas, 46, died during an incident that occurred on Lowell Street in the vicinity of Central High School in Manchester, according to New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Allen D. Aldenberg.

An autopsy conducted by New Hampshire Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Mitchell Weinberg revealed that Thomas’ death was blunt force trauma to the head and neck and that the manner of his death was homicide, Formella and Aldenberg said.

The high school instituted a stay-in-place order during the investigation as a precautionary measure.

Police say they have identified 33-year-old Akim Alleyne, of Manchester, as a suspect in that incident and that a warrant has been issued for his arrest.