2023 Bowdoin–Yarmouth shootings
On April 18, 2023, four people were killed on a property in Bowdoin, Maine, United States. Shots were later fired at vehicles, seemingly randomly, along Interstate 295 in Yarmouth. Three members of one family were wounded, one critically. A suspect, a 34-year-old Maine man, was taken into custody.[1]
| 2023 Bowdoin–Yarmouth shootings | |
|---|---|
| Part of mass shootings in the United States | |
| Location | Bowdoin and Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. |
| Date | April 18, 2023 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, spree shooting, familicide |
| Weapons | Firearm |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Accused | Joseph Eaton |
Shooting
The first shooting happened at a rural property in Bowdoin, where four people, two being relatives of the suspected shooter, were killed. One person was found dead in the barn, and the other three were found in the house. The shooter then drove forty minutes south to the Yarmouth area. He opened fire indiscriminately at several cars, wounding a 59-year-old man and his son and daughter, both in their 20s. The daughter was seriously wounded.[2][3][4]
Accused
Joseph Eaton, 34, was arrested and charged with four counts of murder on April 18 after police located and detained him off Interstate 295. Police say he subsequently confessed to the killings of his mother and father and a couple, described as the parents' best friends, in Bowdoin, as well as to shooting at vehicles along the interstate highway. Eaton had been released from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham four days before the shootings after he completed a sentence for assault.[2] He was not immediately charged for the shootings near Yarmouth.
See also
- 2023 Lewiston shootings, two shootings that occurred in Lewiston, Maine in October.
- List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023
References
- Hughes, Trevor (April 18, 2023). "Live updates on shooting on I-295 in Maine: Reports say four dead, several injured in related incidents". USA Today. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- Whittle, Patrick (April 20, 2023). "Joseph Eaton in court: Police describe grisly discovery in Maine shootings". CBS News.
- Watson, Michelle; Maxourish, Christina (April 18, 2023). "A man has been arrested in the killings of 4 people found in a Maine home. Authorities are also investigating highway shootings they say are connected". CNN.
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