A Maine man was charged with homicide Tuesday after police mentioned he shot and killed 4 individuals inside a house in Bowdoin.
Maine State Police mentioned 34-year-old suspect Joseph Eaton then went to Interstate 295 and opened fireplace on freeway drivers, inflicting one particular person to be in crucial situation and injuring two others.
Police haven’t launched a motive for the assault or recognized the victims killed on the house. Mr. Eaton is being held on the Two Bridges Regional Jail and may have his first courtroom look this week.
“Like people across Maine, I am shocked and deeply saddened — acts of violence like we experienced today shake our state and our communities to the core,” Gov. Janet Mills mentioned in a Tuesday tweet.
Authorities imagine that Mr. Eaton is the one suspect within the capturing.
Police have been first referred to as to a house on Augusta Road in Bowdoin on Tuesday morning and located the 4 victims. Soon after, they have been referred to as to I-295 — about 25 miles away — on account of studies of a number of autos being fired on.
“We’ve got vehicles that have been hit by straight gunfire all across that we’re getting reports on, so if anybody has holes in their vehicles, please contact us so that we can follow up with that,” Maine State Police Lt. Randall Keaten mentioned at a Tuesday press convention.
Lt. Keaten additionally urged individuals to return ahead if they’ve data of the in-home capturing in Bowdoin.
• This story relies partially on wire service studies.
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