Maine AG Rules Police Justified in Fatally Shooting Man

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legal professional Common’s Workplace has dominated that the deadly capturing of a person in Waterville by police final yr was justified.

Waterville police responded in February 2021 to reviews of Eric Porter, 32, armed with a knife and threatening folks exterior a resort. The lawyer normal’s workplace stated Friday in a report in regards to the capturing that police ordered Porter to drop the knife and give up when he charged at an officer with the weapon.

One other officer shot and killed Porter, the lawyer normal’s report stated. The report stated officers tried utilizing PepperBall launchers at Porter to no impact, and an electroshock weapon additionally did not subdue Porter due to his thick winter coat.

Legal professional Common Aaron Frey wrote within the report that the officer who shot and killed Porter believed his colleague “would have been critically injured or killed had he not shot Mr. Porter.”

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