PORTLAND (AP) – The Maine attorney general’s office and Portland police are investigating a fatal police shooting.
The man who was killed was tentatively identified as a 26-year-old Sudanese male from Portland.
Police said officers were investigating a Saturday night 911 call that reported a suspicious man who appeared intoxicated and had a handgun he was reportedly showing to a passer-by.
Police said when officers arrived they found several men and one, whose clothing fit a description of the suspect, went onto a porch.
Police said officers pointed firearms and that the suspect reached into his waistband and brandished a handgun.
Officers Benjamin Roper and Joshua Wiseman fired at the man, killing him, authorities said.
Police said a handgun was recovered at the scene.
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