11:45 p.m. UPDATE: State Police
investigators remained on the scene of a shooting in Lebanon late
Tuesday as the search for an armed suspect continued.
The York
County Sheriff`s Office says 41-year-old Richard Potorski is
hospitalized at Maine Med with a gunshot wound to the shoulder following
the shooting at 11 Second Street.
Police say Potorski came home
for lunch when he wassurprised by the intruder. He was shot almost
immediately in a hallway thenmade his way to a bathroom.
They believe his wife called 911 around 1:30 p.m.
The
homeowner`s vehicle was then found several miles away in Rochester, New
Hampshire. The car was towed to Alfred where State Police searched it
for fingerprints and DNA evidence.
The suspect is described only as a white man wearing a camouflage cap.
Further updates will be posted here as they become available.
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