Conn. man indicted in 2018 Nashua shooting death

Police at the scene of shooting where David Smith was found dead with a bullet to the head..(Union Leader photo)

CONCORD - A Connecticut man has been indicted in the shooting death of a Nashua man during a robbery at his home in 2018.

Clinton Turner, 30, formerly of New Haven, was formally charged with the following counts in the death of David Smith, 49, at his Buck Street home.

· Second Degree Murder (Accomplice) - for aiding or acting in concert with Tramaine Poole and others to rob David Smith with a deadly weapon and helping to recklessly cause David Smith's death with extreme indifference to the value of human life when Tramaine Poole shot David Smith in the head;

· Robbery (two alternative counts) - for using physical force against David Smith while he was aiding or acting in concert with Tramaine Poole and others to commit a theft from David Smith with a deadly weapon when David Smith was aware of such force, and (1) when Tramaine Poole was armed with a handgun; and also (2) when Tramaine Poole inflicted death upon David Smith by shooting him; and

· Conspiracy to Commit Robbery - for agreeing with Tramaine Poole and others to rob David Smith, and then at least one of twelve separately alleged overt acts which occurred in furtherance of their conspiracy.

Just after midnight on July 8, 2018, Nashua Police responded to a 911 call at 19 Buck St. for a reported deceased male. Upon arrival, they discovered Smith deceased inside his home. An autopsy the next day revealed that his cause of death was a single gunshot wound and the manner of death was a homicide.

As charged in the indictments, Poole, of New Haven, was the person who shot and killed Smith during the robbery. Poole later died in an officer-involved shooting incident in Sussex County, Va., on Aug. 1, 2018, less than a month after Smith's murder. During that incident, Poole suffered fatal gunshot wounds when he was fleeing from Virginia State Police officers in a stolen vehicle, and began firing a handgun at the pursuing officers. At the time of Smith's murder, Poole had an active arrest warrant from New Haven for the murder of Tyequa Nesbitt, 28, approximately one month before David Smith's murder.

Turner is currently being held without bail on separate charges. An arraignment on the indictments is expected to be scheduled in Hillsborough County Superior Court - Southern District in Nashua. A formal arraignment will also be scheduled for Hazard.

The charges and allegations set forth in the indictments and informations are accusations, and both Turner and Hazard are presumed innocent until proved guilty.