A Maine man who police say killed four people in a home and then shot three others on a highway had been released from prison just days earlier, an official says.
A Maine man who police say killed four people in a home and then shot three others randomly on a busy highway
State records also show that Eaton carried with him a criminal history that should have prevented him from legally possessing a gun.The shootings in Maine began in the small town of Bowdoin, where four people were killed Tuesday. Then a chaotic scene developed in which shots were fired at vehicles on an interstate highway over 20 miles away in the community of Yarmouth, police said. Three people were shot there, and one remained in critical condition Wednesday.
The names of the victims were not released, and state police didn’t discuss any possible motive. The four bodies were taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta for positive identification and autopsies.
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