MANCHESTER – The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department and Manchester police are reviewing their agencies' responses to Thursday's shooting death of a Manchester mother by her estranged husband, who then killed himself during a six-hour stand-off with police SWAT teams.

Jonathan Charbonneau Sr., 32, fatally shot his wife, Melissa, 29, with a rifle when she returned to the couple's 223 Jewett St. home about 2 p.m. to collect some belongings.

Charbonneau also shot and wounded his father-in-law, John Cantin, 57, who had accompanied his daughter and tried to wrestle the gun from Charbonneau.

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"I am actively reviewing this agency's involvement, actions and the circumstances related to the matter involving Jonathan Charbonneau," Hillsborough County Sheriff James A. Hardy said in a statement yesterday.

Hardy would not say when he expected the review to be completed and had no further comment.

Manchester Police Chief David J. Mara also said he is reviewing his agency's response, which he said is standard procedure for any major event.

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"We review all aspects of the incident. We review how the SWAT team performed, how patrol performed and how detectives performed so we can learn from it," Mara said.

"We debrief and we always look to see what we could do better," he added.

The review will encompass how police handled events preceding, during and after the murder, Mara said.

At the time of the shooting, Charbonneau was out on bail following his Oct. 20 arrest for allegedly assaulting his wife.

Bail conditions included in his domestic violence protective order said Charbonneau "shall refrain from possessing a firearm."

The bail conditions were continued when Charbonneau was arraigned in Manchester District Court on simple domestic assault charges the next morning.

According to the protective order and bail conditions, no weapon was involved in the underlying domestic assault and no weapon was ordered to be relinquished.

"Strictly based on that document, we have no authority to go to somebody's home and take away their weapons," Mara said.

"That is an order for the defendant not to possess any firearms," he said.

Melissa Charbonneau also obtained a temporary restraining order against her husband in Hillsborough County Superior Court on Oct. 21, the same day she petitioned for a divorce.

The order directed Charbonneau to "temporarily relinquish to a peace officer" any firearms or deadly weapons, including the hunting gun she said her husband kept in his closet, court documents show.

A Hillsborough County deputy sheriff wrote on Oct. 21 that he went to Charbonneau's 223 Jewett St. home and personally served him with the temporary restraining order.

Why Charbonneau still had a rifle in the house when his wife returned to the home on Oct. 22 is not known.

Charbonneau killed his wife with two gunshot wounds: one to the chest and another to the head, the autopsy found.

Charbonneau then killed himself with a single gunshot wound to the head from a rifle. His body was found in the upstairs bedroom, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin said.

Strelzin said the case will be investigated even though no one will be prosecuted.

"We still investigate these cases thoroughly just to know everything that occurred," he said.

Domestic violence cases are reviewed "to see if anything can be learned from them," he added.