Police say one man is dead and another man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a shooting in the parking lot of a Waterville, Maine, nursing home early Tuesday morning.
According to state police, the body of Stephen Killam, 47, of Fairfield, was found at Mount Joseph at Waterville Senior Citizens on Highwood Street after gunshots were reported to local police around 6:29 a.m. It was discovered in the parking lot of the home.
After witnesses reported seeing a black pickup truck leave the scene and share a license plate, it was tracked to the Clinton neighborhood, and the driver, Richard Hutt, 53, of Clinton, was taken into custody about 2 1/2 years later. hours later, police said.
Hutto was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into the Kennebook County Jail, police said.
Police said the shooting remained under investigation as of Tuesday night, an autopsy on Killam was scheduled to be performed Wednesday, and asked anyone with information to contact Waterville police or state police. said that it was
Investigators have not released a possible motive for the shooting, which prompted local school districts Waterville Public Schools and MSAD 49 in Fairfield to temporarily lock down the building, Maine News Center reported. . Both districts have since returned to normal operations.
