A man was shot by police while wielding a machete on the Merrymeeting Bridge, nearly three years after a woman was fatally shot by police after she pointed a gun out of a truck window.

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Portland

Cumberland County

Maine

United States

Topsham officer involved in 2 police shootings that happened years apart on same bridge

After he was shot, Joseph Mendez, 33, allegedly continued to resist officers, who used a stun gun to subdue him.

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Bangor Daily News

Bangor

Penobscot County

Police shoot machete-wielding man on Maine bridge

Police said officers told the man to drop his weapon, but he did not respond to commands and instead advanced towards officers while holding a machete.

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Tegna Inc.

Man with machete shot by police on bridge connecting Topsham and Brunswick, officials say

TOPSHAM — An officer-involved shooting occurred early Tuesday morning on Merrymeeting Bridge, Route 196, after Topsham Police responded to a distressing call made by a local man. At 1:32 a.m., Sagadahoc Regional Communications received a call from 33-year-old Joseph Mendez, who thanked them for their service and indicated that he would soon be found. Utilizing the 911 mapping system, dispatchers located Mendez and sent officers to the scene. Off…

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Topsham officer involved shooting on Merrymeeting Bridge - Newport Dispatch

A man with a machete was shot by police on a Maine bridge early Tuesday morning after they said he refused to drop his weapon.

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Roberts family

HM Capital Partners

Newton

Middlesex County

Massachusetts

Man with machete shot by police on Maine bridge early Tuesday morning

A man armed with a machete was shot and tased by police early Tuesday morning on the Merrymeeting Bridge in Topsham. According to Topsham Police, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday the Sagadahoc Regional Communications Center received a call from 33-year-old Joseph Mendez who “[thanked] them for their service,” and informed the dispatcher “that they [...] The post Machete-Wielding Man Shot by Police on Merrymeeting Bridge in Topsham appeared fir…

Topsham officer involved in 2 police shootings that happened years apart on same bridge

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