A 41-year-old Indian Island man was killed in a Saturday night shooting in Down East Maine, police said.
Police received a report of a shooting around 9:30 p.m. on Peter Dana Point Road on the Passamaquoddy reservation, where they found Cory Fields dead.
State Police, the Indian Township Police Department, Indian Township Fire Rescue, the Passamaquoddy Tribal Warden Service and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office all arrived at the scene.
An autopsy the next day by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta found Fields died from gunshot wounds, the Maine State Police said.
Jeremy Stevens, 46, of Indian Township, was arrested for murder and taken to Washington County Jail, police said.
The chiefs of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes issued a joint statement expressing “shock and deep sadness” over the killing.
“Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of the individual who lost their life, and with the entire Wabanaki community as we grieve this devastating loss,” the statement from Chief Amkuwiposohehs “Pos” Bassett of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, Kirk Francs of the Penobosot Nation, and William Nicholas Sr., Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkomikuk said.
