Madison Shootings: Gunman Slain After Killing 3, Police Say

MADISON, MAINE — The Latest on the shootings in Madison, Maine(all times local):

2 p.m.

An investigation into the fatal shootings of three people in Maine is focusing on a home where a neighbor says there had been a party and fireworks the night before.

Wayne Parlin said the Fourth of July gathering had taken place at a trailer home across the street in the town of Madison. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Police say a gunman killed three people and injured a fourth before being fatally shot by Somerset County deputies Wednesday morning. A 911 call was made around 7:30 a.m.

Police say the shootings happened at a couple of locations along a country road that runs behind the Skowhegan Fairgrounds.

Police planned a briefing later.

It was the deadliest shooting in Maine since November 2015, when a gunman killed three people before taking his own life in Oakland.

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11:15 a.m.

Police in Maine say a gunman killed three people at several locations before being fatally shot by deputies.

State police say the shootings happened Wednesday morning in the town of Madison.

State police spokesman Steve McCausland says the gunman was then fatally shot by Somerset County deputies.

In addition to the three dead, a fourth person was wounded.

No further details were available.

The attorney general's office sent investigators to the scene to review the use of deadly force by sheriff's deputies.

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