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WELLS, Maine One man is suspected of shooting another in the chest Sunday afternoon before turning the gun on himself, police said.
The Wells Police Department, with assistance from the Ogunquit Police Department, responded about 3:42 p.m. to 36 Appletree Lane in Wells for a report of a man who had been shot, according to a WPD announcement late Sunday.
While officers were responding to the scene, the suspected shooter, 57-year-old Shaun Simmons of Wells died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the announcement.
The victim, 71-year-old William Ness of Wells, was treated at the scene then transported by Wells Emergency Medical Services to the Sanford Regional airport, where he was transported by Lifeflight of Maine to the Portsmouth Regional Hospital. He was receiving treatment Sunday night for the gunshot wound to the chest, according to the WPD announcement.
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The vice chairman of the Ogunquit Board of Selectmen was arrested in Wells last week on charges of driving under the influence, burglary and theft, after police say he took his vehicle from a garage where it had been impounded.
Ogunquit Selectman John Daley, photographed at a board meeting in 2019, is charged with driving under the influence, burglary and theft.
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Selectman John M. Daley, 57, was arrested on Post Road in Wells around 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 and charged with operating under the influence, Capt. Gerald Congdon said in a news release on the Wells Police Department Facebook page. Daley was released on bail, but his gray 2017 Cadillac XT5 was impounded at Brown’s Service Center, at 208 Post Road.
Vehicle break-in spree follows suspects from Wells to York, police say
YORK, Maine Police are investigating a spree of new vehicle break-ins reported over the weekend in York, following a series of similar incidents reported in Wells in the past month.
The York Police Department received about half a dozen reports Sunday of vehicle break-ins that had reportedly occurred the night before, YPD Officer Jordan Floyd said Monday. All of the vehicles were unlocked when they were entered, she said. It s a crime of opportunity, just taking whatever is in sight and easy to grab, she added.
The incidents were reported along Beach Ridge Road, Birch Hill Road, Clark Road and River Road, Floyd said.