A local man who was a suspect in a shooting in 2022 was shot seven times Wednesday night in the Pierce Street area, police said Thursday.

The shooting put St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center briefly into “lockdown” due to the unannounced arrival of a gunshot wound victim who was taken there by a personal vehicle.

Police were called to the area of 110 Pierce St. for a report of a shooting just after 11 p.m., according to Lewiston Police Department’s Facebook page.

While officers were enroute, they learned the victim had entered a vehicle and was taken to St. Mary’s hospital.

Investigators later located the victim, identified as 24-year-old Abdiraham Duale of Lewiston, at the hospital.

“Duale had sustained seven gunshot wounds and was subsequently transferred to MaineHealth Medical Center in Portland for further treatment,” police said. His injuries are considered serious but not life-threatening.

​In October 2022, a report that Duale was in an apartment on Oxford Street led to a seven-hour police standoff with several individuals at that location. At the time, Duale was a suspect in a May 2022 shooting on Knox Street and considered armed and dangerous.

At that May shooting, a 22-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound in the foot. Police also discovered several vehicles and buildings in the area had been struck and damaged by the gunfire, police said.

Duale was eventually captured and charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and aggravated assault, for which he later entered a plea deal.

Duale has a criminal history of assaults, thefts and drug charges in the Lewiston area dating back to 2017.

The investigation into the shooting Wednesday remains active. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Tyler Martin at [email protected] or leave an anonymous tip at 207-513-3194.