AG investigates shooting death of Franklin County deputy sheriff
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AG investigates shooting death of Franklin County deputy sheriff

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The Maine attorney’s office is investigating the shooting death of a 61-year-old man by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy in the town of Phillips on Tuesday night, officials said.

The incident began around 5:47 p.m. when a caller was told by a caller about a possibly suicidal man who was believed to be armed with a BB gun. A second caller reported a man with a gun near a bridge in Phillips, Franklin County Sheriff Scott R. Nichols said in a statement Wednesday.

Franklin County Deputy Sheriff Jesse Clement responded to the scene and encountered the man, later identified as 61-year-old Lawrence Scott. Clement offered to get help for Scott, but he declined the offer, Nichols said.

“Deputy Clement repeatedly told Mr. Scott to drop the weapon, but he refused. Mr. Scott then raised the gun at Deputy Clement and was shot by the Vice President,” Nichols said. “First aid was administered by EMS at the scene, but Mr. Scott did not survive.”

Clement was placed on administrative leave, the sheriff said.

Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office will conduct the investigation into the use of deadly force against Scott, officials said.

John R. Ellement can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @JREbosglobe.

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