2 Arrested After Gun, Machete Found After Fight in Manchester, NH

Callers reported four males were involved in a fight and one of them was armed with a knife

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, have arrested two man accused of possessing dangerous weapons following a report of shots fired and a fight. 

Police first responded to Union and Auburn Streets just after midnight Wednesday for the report of shots fired and then four blocks down at Union and Grove Streets for the reported fight. 

Callers reported four males were involved in a fight and one of them was armed with a knife. 

Officers found two men with matching descriptions, 25-year-old Michael Hughes and 23-year-old Laronn Massey, both of Manchester. 

Police say Hughes was carrying a stolen firearm out of Weare and was charged with Possession/Receiving Stolen Property (Firearm) and Carrying a Concealed Firearm Without a Permit. 

Massey, who had a machete hidden in a sheath in pang leg, was charged with Convicted Felon in Possession of a Deadly Weapon. 

Both are set to appear in court Wednesday.

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