DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three men were taken to hospitals Tuesday morning after an apparent shooting on Lancaster Avenue, police said.
Officers arrived on scene shortly after 6 a.m. and learned that gunshots had been fired, Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer said.
Two of the men were transported to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft while the other was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
The men’s names were not disclosed and none of their injuries are considered life-threatening, Dyer said.
The chief said police have an idea who the shooter may have been but are still investigating the matter.
A motive for the incident was also unclear Tuesday, Dyer said. The weapon involved was a .22-caliber rifle.
State police, Piscataquis County sheriff’s deputies and Milo police assisted Dover-Foxcroft police.
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