Three cops, together with one who fatally shot a 16-year-old armed theft suspect in Limerick, have been justified of their use of lethal pressure, the Maine Legal professional Common’s Workplace introduced Friday.
Legal professional Common Aaron Frey launched the outcomes of separate investigations and authorized evaluations into the Limerick taking pictures, the loss of life of a Lewiston man in 2019 and the deadly taking pictures of a person at a Newport campground who had reportedly been holding kids hostage final summer time.
The AG’s workplace has by no means discovered an officer-involved taking pictures in Maine to be unjustified.
The Greenback Common retailer in Limerick was the scene of an officer-involved taking pictures in 2019. John Ewing/Workers Photographer
YORK COUNTY
Frey decided York County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Carr was performing in self-defense when he shot Christopher Camacho on the Greenback Common retailer the place Camacho held an worker at gunpoint.
The confrontation started round 7 p.m. Dec. 27, 2019, when the Sanford Regional Communications Middle acquired a number of 911 calls from Greenback Common workers who mentioned a person with a gun and a knife was holding an worker at gunpoint after making the worker bind his wrists along with duct tape, in line with Frey’s report.
One worker instructed dispatchers that the suspect had a machete to his throat, was holding him at gunpoint and instructed him to name 911. When Carr arrived, a buyer leaving the shop mentioned the armed suspect was pointing a gun on the worker on the entrance register.
As Carr entered the shop, the suspect turned his gun on the deputy, in line with the report. Carr fired two rounds on the suspect. One bullet struck Camacho within the neck.
Investigators later decided Camacho was armed with a revolver-style pellet gun and a machete with an 18-inch blade.
Camacho was a scholar at Massabesic Excessive Faculty in Waterboro.
NEWPORT
Frey additionally concluded that Penobscot County Deputy Kenneth York believed that 35-year-old Stephen Bossom was about to shoot him or Deputy John McEwen at Sebasticook Lake Campground in Newport on July 15, 2022. The deputies have been responding to a attainable lively shooter state of affairs once they encountered Bossom, who had been staying on the campground along with his household.
Whereas on the lookout for an lively shooter, McEwen encountered a person holding a handgun with blood on his face.
Stephen Bossom may be seen holding a handgun in a July 15, 2022 video as he argues with legislation enforcement officers. Video screenshot
Bossom ignored repeated instructions to place down the gun, as a substitute waving the gun round and demanding the deputy determine himself, in line with the report.
Bossom, who labored part-time on the campground, instructed McEwen to shoot him because the deputy continued to inform him to drop the gun. Bossom then mentioned he believed there was an lively shooter and that he didn’t consider McEwen was the police, in line with the report.
York, who arrived on the campground after McEwen, shot Bossom after he raised his gun and pointed it straight on the deputy, Frey wrote within the report. A camper captured the confrontation on video.
LEWISTON
The AG’s workplace additionally launched its conclusions a couple of taking pictures in Lewiston on Aug. 5, 2019, by Lewiston Officer Jeffrey Burkhardt.
Burkhardt fired a single shot within the course of 51-year-old Kevin Harvey, who had fired his gun throughout an argument along with his girlfriend and run into the woods close to Robinson Gardens. Police closed the street, evacuated the neighborhood and referred to as a negotiator to attempt to contact the person.
Lewiston police reply on the afternoon of Aug. 5, 2019 to a report of an armed man at a Robinson Gardens dwelling. The person, Kevin Harvey, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Andree Kehn/Solar Journal file
After a fringe was arrange, Burkhardt and Officer Anthony Zawistowski walked about 50 yards into the woods behind Harvey’s home. As they walked again towards the home, they heard a gunshot and Burkhardt noticed a person mendacity on the bottom and looking out of their course. Believing the person had shot at them, Burkhardt fired a spherical from his AR15 rifle, in line with the report.
When the person didn’t reply to directions to indicate his palms, the officers approached and located Harvey with a deadly damage to his head and a handgun subsequent to him on the bottom, in line with the report. It was later decided that Harvey died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the course of the incident and was not hit by the bullet from Burkhardt’s gun.
Following the investigation, Frey concluded that Burkhardt believed Harvey was taking pictures at him and one other officer when Harvey fired his gun. An post-mortem decided that Harvey’s loss of life was a suicide.
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