Three New Bedford men have been arrested in connection to a drug-related drive-by shooting in Saco, Maine, in February that led to an hours-long lockdown of the downtown and area schools, Maine law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Joshua “Mac” Estrada, 19, Yancarlos “Glizzy” Abrante, 20, and Jason “Ouda” Johnson-Rivera, 18, are each charged with conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute cocaine and perpetrating a drive-by shooting, according to a statement issued by the US Attorney for the District of Maine.

According to a federal indictment handed up Wednesday, the three men allegedly had been trafficking cocaine in and around Saco and Biddeford since at least January 2024, the statement said.

During a drug dispute on Feb. 9, they fired at least five rounds from a 9 mm handgun into another vehicle, according to Darcie N. McElwee, Maine’s US attorney.

“This joint federal and local investigation reflects that if you come to Maine and engage in violence, particularly firearm violence, there will be a swift and coordinated response from every level of law enforcement,” McElwee’s statement said.

The daytime shooting, just before noon in the intersection of North and Elm streets, prompted authorities to issue a shelter-in-place warning and order at least six schools to go on lockdown.

Police said gunshots were exchanged between a red Dodge Charger and a gray Honda HRV before they collided at the intersection. A school bus was involved in the crash but no students were injured.

Four people ran from the scene causing an extensive search by law enforcement, police said. One of the people appeared to have been shot in the arm.

“Brazen violent crime of this magnitude is not something the City of Saco is accustomed to, but when it happens, Maine law enforcement responds,” Chief Jack Clements, of the Saco Police Department, said in the statement.

In the immediate aftermath of the “brazen” shooting and during the “ensuing chaos,” FBI agents with the Southern Maine Gang Task Force hit the ground running, Jodi Cohen, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the Boston division (which includes all of Maine), said in the statement.

“We believe the three Massachusetts men we have in custody conspired with each other to traffic cocaine and were the instigators of this drive-by shooting,” Cohen said. “Violent drug traffickers have a corrosive effect on our communities, and we want everyone to know that the FBI is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to help make Maine safer for the folks who live, work, and visit here.”

Before the indictment, Estrada was arrested May 6 in New Bedford via a criminal complaint. He was arraigned Thursday in federal court in Maine, McElwee said.

Abrante and Johnson-Rivera currently are in custody in Massachusetts on unrelated charges, McElwee said. They will be brought to Maine next week to be arraigned on the new charges, McElwee said.

If convicted as charged, each of the men faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on the drug charge and up to 25 years imprisonment on the shooting charge, McElwee said.

McElwee announced the arrests Thursday at a press briefing outside the Edward T. Gignoux US Courthouse in Portland. She was joined by Clements, fellow prosecutors, FBI and ATF agents, and acting US Marshal Kevin Neal.

Tonya Alanez can be reached at tonya.alanez@globe.com. Follow her @talanez.

Here are the High School Baseball and Softball Scores for games played and reported throughout the State of Maine on Wednesday, May 15th.

Baseball

• Belfast 8 Nokomis 6
• Berwick Academy 14 Concord Academy 2
• Brunswick 9 Camden Hills 1
• Bucksport 17 Sumner 2
• Cape Elizabeth 11 Poland 1
• Caribou 10  Fort Kent 9
• Cony 14 Waterville 0
• Edward Little 8 Brewer 4
• Erskine Academy 5 Lincoln Academy 2
• Fort Fairfield 12 Central Aroostook 1
• Fryeburg Academy 6 Freeport 2
• Houlton 4 Calais 0
• Jonesport-Beals 3 Shead 0
• Katahdin 7 Wisdom 5
• Katahdin 10 Wisdom 0
• Lawrence 4 Oceanside 2
• Lewiston 3 Mount Blue 1
• Maranacook 10 Boothbay 7
• Messalonskee 11 Bangor 0
• Monmouth Academy 15 Dirigo 4
• Morse 7 Gardiner 6
• Mount Ararat 6 Oxford Hills 3
• Narraguagus 11 Machias 3
• Orono 6 Deer Isle-Stonington 5
• Richmond 12 Buckfield 2
• Sacopee Valley 10 Lisbon 1
• Saint.Dominic 7 Traip 6
• Skowhegan 6 Hampden Academy 0
• Telstar 11 Spruce Mountain 3
• Washburn 13 Madawaska 6
• Washington Academy 9 Mount View 7
• Wells 6 Lake Region 5
• Yarmouth 2 Greely 1
• York 15 Gray-New Gloucester 9

Softball

• Biddeford 11 Thornton Academy 10
• Brewer 3 Edward Little 1
• Buckfield 16 Richmond 5
• Bucksport 10 Sumner 1
• Camden Hills 11 Brunswick 0
• Cony 23 Waterville 6
• Dirigo 6 Monmouth Academy 5
• Freeport 14 Fryeburg Academy 5
• Gorham 23 Bonny Eagle 12
• Hall-Dale 6 Madison 1
• Hodgdon 6 Ashland 2
• Houlton 19 Calais 8
• Lewiston 11 Mt. Blue 3
• Lincoln Academy 8 Erskine Academy 5
• Madawaska 24 Washburn 22
• Marshwood 12 Massabesic 11
• Messalonskee 5 Bangor 2
• Morse 8 Gardiner 6
• Narraguagus 17 Machias 2
• Nokomis 3 Belfast 0
• North Yarmouth Academy 13 Old Orchard Beach 0
• Oak Hill 13 Mountain Valley 12
• Oceanside 7 Lawrence 0
• Oxford Hills 13 Mt. Ararat 0
• Orono 17 GSA 0
• Poland 10 Cape Elizabeth 0
• Sacopee Valley 16 Lisbon 6
• Scarborough 7 South Portland 5
• Skowhegan 8 Hampden Academy 0
• Spruce Mountain 13 Telstar 2
• Washington Academy 12 Mount View 2
• Washington Academy 11 Mount View 5
• Wells 20 Lake Region 0
• Westbrook 20 Sanford 5
• Windham 9 Kennebunk 1

You can vote for the Week 4 High School Athlete of the Week once every 3 hours HERE, now through Thursday, May 16th at 11:59 p.m.

It’s time to nominate someone for the Week 5 High School Athlete of the Week, for performances May 13-18 . Please email your nomination to chris.popper@townsquaremedia.com, letting us know why the individual should be the Athlete of the Week. Please include stats, and make sure you indicate what school this individual attends, and what sport they’re playing! All nominations should be received by Sunday, May 19th. Voting for Week 5 will take place May 19th-23rd with the winner being announced on Friday, May 24th.