On May 20, 2015, Dennis Buffington, 31, of Lovell, was shot and seriously wounded by Oxford County Corporal George Cayer on the Nuthatch Road in Lovell.
On March 12, 2015, Quinton King, 56, of Monson, was shot and wounded by Piscataquis County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Wilson outside Mr. King's residence in Monson.
On February 10, 2015, Kenneth W. Kreyssig, 61, of Smyrna was shot and killed in Smyrna by Aroostook County Deputy Sheriff Stewart Kennedy and State Police Sergeant Chadwick Fuller.
On February 8, 2015, two Bangor police officers, Brian Smith and Dennis Townsend, responding to a reported hostage situation at a residence on Union Street, fired their weapons into the residence after being fired at themselves. No one was injured as a result of the gunfire.
On January 12, 2015, Jason Begin, 36, of Augusta, was shot and seriously wounded by Augusta police officer Laura Drouin at a mental health facility in Augusta.
On December 4, 2014, Karin Moller, 55, of Cape Neddick, was shot and killed by York Police Detective John Lizanecz on the Ogunquit Road in South Berwick near the York town line.
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On October 24, 2014, Albert Crowley, 20, of Lewiston, was shot and wounded by three Lewiston police officers in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The officers were Brian Bourgoin, Michael Dumond, and Zachary Provost.
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On October 12, 2014, Alan M. Gillotti, Sr., 52, of Ludlow, was shot and killed by State Police Sergeant Joshua Haines outside Mr. Gillotti's home on the Town Line Road in Ludlow.
SynopsisOn September 27, 2014, Shad Gerken, 35, of Woodville, was shot and killed by three State Police troopers after a standoff of several hours in a wooded area off the Woodville Road in Chester, Maine. The troopers, all members of the State Police Tactical Team, were Sgt. Nicholas Grass, Sgt. Donald Shead, and Det. Greg Mitchell.
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Synopsis On August 17, 2014, Steven Piirainen, 52, was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with police officers in Mexico, Maine. The Office of the Attorney General investigated the incident to determine whether the officers acted in self-defense or in defense of others at the time they used deadly force. The facts in this case support a finding of self-defense.Facts