Piscataqua River Bridge Incident Update-Deceased Identified

Autopsies have been conducted on a deceased adult male and male child related to the critical incident on the Piscataqua River Bridge in Kittery, Maine Thursday morning. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Augusta conducted the autopsy on the deceased child Thursday, August 29, 2024, and the adult male on Friday morning, August 30, 2024.  The OCME has identified the deceased adult male as 37-year-old Trent Weston of Troy, New Hampshire. The OCME ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death as homicide as a result of an officer-involved shooting. The OCME has identified Trent Weston’s deceased child as 8-year-old Benson Weston of Troy, New Hampshire, and ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death as homicide. The investigation into these deaths and the suspected homicide in Troy, New Hampshire involving Trent Weston’s wife, 37-year-old Brittany Weston, remains ongoing by the Maine State Police and New Hampshire State Police.  The New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on Brittany Weston today and determined her cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and manner of death as homicide. The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Maine Attorney General’s Office.