FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) – A police officer was fatally shot in the line of duty Friday night along with another person, Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said.

Ayotte said both were men. She said the role of the second person was being investigated by the state police.

Ayotte declined to comment on whether police were searching for anyone or whether anyone was in custody.

Earlier Friday, Gov. John Lynch released a statement confirming that the officer was killed in line of duty. He declined to release any more information, saying it would released at the “appropriate time” by state police.

A section of Route 116 south of Franconia’s town center, about a mile from Easton town line has been closed for a couple of hours and police cruisers are in the area. Authorities set up traffic cones down the median and blocked half the road.

with police tape.

Flashing blue lights were seen further in the distance and drivers were turned away.

Franconia police referred all calls to the Attorney General’s office.

The last time a New Hampshire police officer was killed on the job was in October, when Manchester Officer Michael Briggs was shot in the head while investigating reports of gunshots in an alley.

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