BREAKING: Active Shooter Situation Ongoing in Lewiston, Maine, City on Lockdown

An active shooter situation is ongoing as of this writing in Lewiston, Maine, a city of around 37,000 which is now on lockdown. There were at least three sites where shooting broke out, and there are an unknown number of victims:

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Multiple people were shot in three separate incidents Wednesday night in Lewiston, according to early police reports.

Police, fire and rescue personnel descended on Sparetime Recreation on Mollison Way about 7:15 p.m. after a report of an active shooter. Shortly after, reports came in that there was another shooting at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street.

Lewiston public information officer Derrick St. Laurent told the Sun Journal at about 8:15 p.m. that another shooting was reported at the Walmart Distribution Center on Alfred A Plourde Parkway.

Early reports, though unconfirmed by police as of 8 p.m., were that multiple people were shot, some with possibly fatal injuries.

Lewiston is about 36 miles north of Portland and is the state’s second-largest city. 

Here is the suspected shooter:

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 Law enforcement has asked residents to shelter in place and stay inside with the doors locked. Schools in the area were also put on lockdown, even as parent-teacher conferences were taking place Wednesday evening. 

“All, please get to a safe place if you are at or near a school for conferences we are going into lockdowns,” Lewiston Public Schools Superintendent Jake Langlais said. “I will provide more information as soon as it is available and appropriate. Right now, we need to let law enforcement do what they need to do.”

RedState will bring you more information on this breaking story as it becomes available. 

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