Man fatally shot after attempting to run over LEO while fleeing scene
By: Matt Byrne, Portland Press Herald
GORHAM, Maine — The search by police for a Standish man who eluded a state trooper in May during a car pursuit ended in gunfire Friday when he was shot and killed by a Gorham police officer.
Kyle Needham, 32, was shot by Gorham police Officer Dean Hannon, a 16-year veteran of the force, in the state’s third officer-involved shooting of the year, the Mane Attorney General’s Office said.
Needham was wanted on warrants, including for eluding a Maine State Police trooper during a car pursuit in York County last month, but it was unclear what brought Gorham police to the shopping plaza in Gorham Center where the shooting occurred or how they first came to interact with Needham.
