NEWPORT, Maine (AP) — A person with a gun at a Maine campground was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff throughout a confrontation, authorities mentioned.
Penobscot County authorities obtained a report of a social media submit that there was an individual with a weapon on the Sebasticook Lake Campground in Newport on Friday afternoon, Newport police and the Penobscot County sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.
A sheriff’s deputy was the primary on the scene and was confronted by a person with a gun, the information launch mentioned.
The person, recognized as Stephen Bossom, 35, was shot and killed by the deputy “because of an armed confrontation,” the information launch mentioned.
The deputy, recognized as Kenneth York, is on administrative go away and the Maine Workplace of the Legal professional Basic is investigating the taking pictures, the information launch mentioned.
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