WALDOBORO, Maine — Detectives returned with a search warrant to a home at 2177 Friendship Road on Tuesday morning, which was the scene of a deadly shooting over the weekend.
One man died and his girlfriend was recovering from a gunshot wound to the face Tuesday.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Tuesday that investigators believe one of the two victims was the shooter. No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the shooting, which was reported about 9:30 a.m. Monday.
“There was no one else involved in the shooting,” McCausland said.
McCausland said other than the search of the home, investigators are counting on an interview with the surviving shooting victim, 25-year-old Arlene Lawless, who is at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Lawless had not yet been able to talk with investigators by midday Tuesday, McCausland said.
Norman P. Benner, 34, of Waldoboro was found dead in the home by his family members Monday morning. He and Lawless, who also was found Monday, rented the home and lived there with its owner. McCausland said investigators believe the shooting happened sometime over the weekend and that no one other than Benner and Lawless, who were dating, was involved.
Authorities said Monday that they expect Lawless to survive her injuries.
Police have interviewed homeowner Jeremy McPhee, who lived there with the two victims but was not home over the weekend, McCausland said. McPhee is not a suspect, he said.
McCausland said the autopsy of Benner’s body was under way, but that no results were expected Tuesday. State police are working with Waldoboro police and Lincoln County sheriff’s departments to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Maine the way life should be
Broke, depressed and violent.
We live in one of the most politcally courpt states in the country and you wonder why.
Don’t forget about the drugs. So sad to see, young people just don’t stand a chance.
What a terrible thing to say………………….. I hope you don’t live in Maine!
I hope that this woman recovers fully from her injuries.
Not all is as it seem. She was the one who has hurt so many people in her and his lives…
I’m thinking the police suspect she was the shooter. They are pretty quick to throw out that the male was the perpetrator in these cases usually, so the fact that they are being so cautious with the release of info makes me think something is up.
Women usually don’t shoot themselves in the face. It’s a vanity thing. Want to look pretty for the funeral.