WILTON — Police on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old Wilton man in the shooting death of a man in June.
Timothy Danforth was arrested by Maine State Police after a Franklin County grand jury indicted him on charges of murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Danforth is charged in the June 1 death of 24-year-old Michael Reis of New Sharon, who was shot outside the home of Danforth’s father at 259 Weld Road in Wilton.
Police said Reis was part of a group who went to the house and got into a confrontation with the home’s occupants, who included Danforth and his father.
After the shooting, Reis was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington by friends and was pronounced dead there.
Danforth was being held at the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on Thursday night. He is expected to make his first court appearance either Friday or Monday.



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