Four people were hurt and a Massachusetts man was arrested in Maine on Wednesday night after police said he left the scene of a shooting and led officers on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash.
Luis Andres Lorenzo Rondon, 24, of Lawrence, was arrested in connection with the police pursuit. He was charged with eluding an officer, driving to endanger, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon — his car — and criminal speeding, according to Maine State Police.
At around 11:33 p.m. on April 16, reports of several shots fired on Park Street in the town of Paris, Maine came into the department.
There were no people injured in the shooting, the department said.
A nearby trooper who responded to the scene saw a blue SUV leaving the immediate area, Maine State Police said. The driver of the SUV was later identified as Rondon.
Rondon refused to pull over for officers when they tried to stop him in West Paris, “initiating a high-speed pursuit,” the department said.
The 24-year-old was pursued by multiple officers through several Maine towns for about 15 miles, including by Maine State Police troopers and law enforcement from Oxford and Androscoggin counties, the department said.
Rondon finally crashed in a field on Route 26 in Mechanic Falls after he hit a spike mat deployed on the road by police, the department said.
He and three other people who were in the car were all injured and were brought to Central Maine Medical Center. One passenger in the car had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Two guns were found after the chase, the department said, and Rondon was charged in connection with the police pursuit and taken into custody. No charges or suspects in the shooting incident have been announced by the department as of Thursday morning.
The investigation into the entire incident is ongoing, according to Maine State Police.
