MEXICO — A local man suffered gunshot wounds in an armed confrontation with police late Thursday night, Police Chief Roy C. Hodsdon said Friday.
Daniel Tibbetts, 22, was taken to Rumford Hospital then to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment and was expected to survive, the chief said in a news release.
Maine Medical Center spokesman Clay Holtzman said Friday evening that there was no information on Tibbetts.
Hodsdon said his officers and others from Rumford responded to a report of domestic violence at 10:46 p.m. at 87 Roxbury Road and were confronted by an armed man, later identified by police as Tibbetts.
A video shot from a nearby residence recorded three officers carrying flashlights and walking cautiously together on Roxbury Road. They were heard yelling “Put it down!” twice before three shots were fired. That was followed by an officer yelling, “Put it down. Don’t move.”
The armed man was not seen in the video.
According to Hodsdon, shots were fired by Mexico police officer Dustin Broughton.
Broughton has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, which is standard procedure in Maine for any officer-involved shooting, the chief said.
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