DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A judge set bail for a Monson man who was shot by a deputy trying to serve him with a protection from harassment order at $10,000 cash or $75,000 surety on Monday.
Quinton King, 56, was shot at his Nana’s Lane home in Monson on Thursday after he allegedly pointed a rifle at Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Deputies Kyle Wilson and David Wilson. Kyle Wilson, who is not related to his fellow deputy, fired a single shot that passed through King’s rib cage and hit him in the arm, according to Sheriff John Goggin.
King, who was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and later released into police custody, remained at Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft on Tuesday. King made his first court appearance on charges of criminal threatening with a firearm and reckless conduct with a firearm on Monday, according to R. Christopher Almy, Piscataquis County District Attorney. His next court date is in April, and it’s expected that King, who has no criminal history in Maine, will be indicted by the Piscataquis County grand jury.
Piscataquis County deputies had dealt with King on three different occasions in the days before Thursday’s 10 a.m. shooting, Chief Deputy Robert Young said Monday. On March 2, King reported his truck was stolen, which police investigators deemed unfounded; on March 11, a neighbor called police concerned that King had been sending “rambling text messages” but police were unable to locate him; also on March 11, King went to the municipal building and loudly threatened town hall and fire officials, Young said.
King allegedly brandished a rifle as the deputies attempted to serve him with the protection from abuse order. The deputies ordered him to drop the weapon, but King reportedly pointed it directly at them, which is when Deputy Kyle Wilson, who was hired in August 2013, shot him, Young said. Deputy Kyle Wilson is on administrative leave, which is protocol, pending a use of force investigation by the state Attorney General’s office.
Goggin said last week that prior to the shooting, law enforcement officials only had one run-in with King about five years ago that Goggin described as “insignificant.”