Death by Cop- 2024

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Nathan Savage

Case # :215

Gender : Male

Age : 45

Race : White

Date : 08/18/2024

Location : Essex Street

City : Lewiston

County : Androscoggin

State : Maine

Agency : Lewiston Police, Auburn Police Department Lisbon Police Department, Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department, Maine State Police

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

Open records summary :

Police received a call about a man firing a gun. Police arrived in the man ran into the woods. The Lewiston Police, with aid from the Auburn Police Department, Lisbon Police Department, Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department, and the Maine State Police all arrived and created a standoff. The man was found dead from suicide under police duress. This shooting occurred several months after an unrelated mass shooting that had killed 18 in the same small town.
 

Source links :

https://www.newportdispatch.com/2024/08/18/lewiston-police-encounter-armed-suspect-man-found-dead-after-standoff/

https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/08/18/auburn-man-fires-at-lewiston-police-ends-standoff-with-suicide/

https://www.newportdispatch.com/2024/08/18/lewiston-police-encounter-armed-suspect-man-found-dead-after-standoff/