Active shooting situation with multiple injuries at multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine
- Police in Lewiston, Maine respond to reports of an active shooter
- Police audio suggested two locations were affected: Schemengee bar and grill and Sparetime bowling alley
- It is unclear how many people were injured
Police are searching for a gunman who allegedly opened fire at three separate locations in Lewiston, Maine, and are warning local residents to stay in their homes.
A photo released by sheriff’s deputies showed a white man entering the Sparetime recreation center with a long gun, wearing black combat pants and a brown tank top. His face is clearly visible.
“There is an active shooting situation in the city of Lewiston,” Maine State Police said.
“Law enforcement is asking people to shelter in place. Please stay inside your home with the doors locked.”
According to the police audio, the two locations were Schemengee bar and grill and Sparetime leisure centre. The two locations are about four miles apart, in Maine’s second-largest city.
Police were called to a third location, a Walmart distribution center, said Derrick St. Laurent, a Lewiston spokesman.
St. Laurent told the Sun Journal that the first call to Sparetime came around 7:16 p.m.
Police were then called to Schemengee’s, and then, around 8:15 p.m., to the Walmart location.
Police in Lewiston, Maine are rushing to reports of two shootings – one at a bar, one at a bowling alley
Footage shared on social media showed police rushing to the scene in the city of 36,000, 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Portland and 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the capital Augusta.
It is unclear whether anyone was injured.
This is a developing story and there will be more to come…