LEWISTON — Police were crediting FLOCK cameras with leading them to a suspect Sunday afternoon after shots were reported fired in the residential downtown.

Police said 20-year-old Mohammud Osman was arrested after the cameras zeroed in on a vehicle that had been driven away from the area of the shooting.

Osman was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, discharging a weapon near a dwelling and driving with a suspended license.

Police said that shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday, multiple people called to report hearing gunshots in the area of Walnut and Shawmut streets.

When officers arrived in the area, they found evidence shots had been fired. The FLOCK cameras were able to track a vehicle involved in the shooting, police said.

That car, police said, was pocked with multiple bullet holes.

The vehicle was located and searched, along with a home where it was parked. Police said Osman, who had been described by witnesses, was found near the car.

After a court appearance Monday, Osman remained at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn where bail was set at $5,000 cash.

There was no indication anyone had been struck by gunfire in the Sunday shooting, police said.

Shootings in Lewiston’s downtown residential area have vexed the city over the past few years, and over the past summer in particular.

More and more of the shootings have been solved, police said, with the help of FLOCK cameras, which have also been credited with helping investigators solve a range of crimes, including robberies and a kidnapping.

Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline said Monday he is impressed with the way the police department has incorporated the technology into their investigations.

“Thanks to lightning-fast detective work and the use of technology, I’m happy that we were able to make an arrest so quickly,” he said of the weekend arrest. “The message is clear: Commit crime in Lewiston and you’re going to jail.”

Lewiston police signed a contract with Georgia-based FLOCK in the early summer of 2025. Use of the cameras has been a matter of intense debate in Lewiston — and elsewhere across the country — since the cameras have gone mainstream.