The Maine Attorney General's Office has found police officers were justified in their use of deadly force when they shot and killed a man in Hartford in March of 2024.
The incident unfolded when Oxford County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports that 52-year-old Eric Newell had assaulted his stepfather at their family home.
According to the AG's report, Newell emerged from the house with a knife, threatening to harm himself and saying he didn't care if officers shot him.
Efforts to restrain Newell with a taser were unsuccessful, and the report says officers shot and killed him when he ran at one of them with a knife.
The Attorney General's Office concluded the deputies acted in self-defense.
