Police say the deaths of four people discovered at a Bowdoin home on Tuesday are linked to a Yarmouth shooting on Interstate 295. Here is what we know:
Yarmouth highway shooting: At about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, three people were shot and injured while driving south on I-295, near exit 15, in what police described as “multiple scenes.” All three were hospitalized and one of the victims is in critical condition.
News footage showed what appeared to be bullet holes in the windshield of a car on an off ramp.
Bowdoin crime scene: There was a heavy police presence at an Augusta Road home in Bowdoin, where police say the bodies of four people found shot to death. Police were called there little more than an hour before the shootings on I-295. Police say the killings are connected to the I-295 shooting spree.
Suspect in custody: Joseph Eaton, 34, of Bowdoin was apprehended on Tuesday afternoon. He has been accused of murder, and is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. Police initially thought there could be a second person involved in the shooting and conducted a search, but now say there is not an immediate risk to the public. A gun also was found at the Yarmouth scene.
