“The bullets started flying.” Witness describes shooting on Route 117 in Paris

PARIS, Maine (WMTW) – The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday afternoon there was a police shooting in Paris.

The situation on Route 117 involved officers from South Paris, Oxford, Norway, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police.

The suspect, who according to witnesses was already in handcuffs during the incident, was taken into custody and taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway to be treated.

One woman who saw part of what happened shared a frightening account with Maine’s Total Coverage.

“I was on my way to Wilton to do a signing and I turned up streaking Mountain Road only to get in the middle of a shootout with just about every police officer in the area,” wrote Linda Marie Mercer on Facebook.

She gave Maine’s Total Coverage permission to share her account.

In an on-camera interview, Monday afternoon, Mercer said “I couldn’t tell if there was a gun in his hand. But he just ran right up out of the ditch, right in the middle of the street where all the police officers were.

And you can see him get right into a vehicle. And then I heard a couple of shots that it seemed like it was from him because the police officers all just returned a barrage of shots on him.”

Officials said no officers were hurt in the incident.

In video shared with Maine’s Total Coverage, police can be heard yelling at the suspect to put their hands in their air.

Police said the Maine Attorney General’s Office was investigating, as is standard protocol in any police shooting.

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