An Auburn man shoots himself in view of a friend.
LISBON – An Auburn man who was surrounded by police trying to arrest him on warrants Thursday afternoon shot himself in the head with a shotgun before officers could move in.
The 22-year-old was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after the shooting where he was pronounced dead. His name wasn’t available Thursday night.
Officials said police were trying to arrest the man about 4 p.m. when he ran along Summer Street with a friend. Police said the man was carrying a 20-gauge shotgun he had purchased recently.
Several Lisbon police officers chased the two men to a wooded area on Summer Street and had the pair partially surrounded.
The officers, one of them with a dog, spoke with the suspect trying to convince him to surrender, police said. Instead, police said the 22-year-old aimed the shotgun at his head and pulled the trigger.
He was shot in view of his friend as well as at least several police officers involved in the chase.
Police said he had been living in Auburn but was originally from Lisbon.
Termed a suicide on Thursday, the case was still being investigated late Thursday night. Police said they had been trying to arrest the suspect on warrants issued out of Lewiston when he fled and shot himself.
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