According to court documents, Andrew Young entered the lobby of the Wells Police Department on Saturday and delivered a chilling message to the dispatch.
The 19-year-old said that he accidentally shot at his family.
An affidavit was filed in court by a Maine State Police detective. A day of family conflict culminated in Andrew Huber Young shooting his brother, father and 1-year-old niece, who later died from her injuries.
The affidavit states that Andrew Young said the gun was in his car when he was asked where it was located. Police officers found a handgun in the trunk of a vehicle after securing a search warrant.
His family residence at 97 Crediford Road was the place where police found the same caliber shells.
Young was charged with murder. He is accused of shooting at his brother while he was holding his niece, killing him. Saturday.
The 19-year-old man is charged with murder in Wells, Maine.
According to police, Young is being held without bail.
He will appear in court on Tuesday and police said more charges could be forthcoming.
The family tensions that culminated in gunfire on Saturday allegedly started that morning over an argument about a T-shirt, according to the police affidavit.
Young was interviewed by state police after the shooting. During the interview, he said that he and his brother had been arguing at their residence, where they lived with their parents, their mother, and their daughter.
The argument began over a T-shirt that belonged to Andrew but was being worn by someone else. Andrew said that the argument went from there.
He said that his father walked him to his car after he was told to leave. According to the affidavit, Young went to a Sea Dogs minor league baseball game in Portland with his girlfriend.
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While out of town, Young continued to text his brother, according to the affidavit. He told the detectives that his brother had talked about smashing his hamster cage and destroying his property.
After the baseball game, Young returned to the house with a gun he had stolen from his father. He said he put the gun in the trunk of his car earlier that day.
Andrew said the gun had bad aim, and he knew it from previous target shooting.
According to court documents, the woman told investigators she was in the kitchen when she saw the man pull into the driveway. She said he could not get into the house because it was locked. She talked to the man through the door and told him she would take care of his hamster.
According to the affidavit, Young left the door and went to his car with the gun.
He's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he's got a gun, he'
The affidavit stated that Young saw his mother duck and then shot through the door at his brother.
The man who told investigators he has an anger control problem shot his father because he saw he was injured after the shooting.
Andrew claimed that he didn't intend to kill Ethan, but he did aim at his chest.
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According to the affidavit, Mark had been shot in the facial area. He had a non-life threatening injury to his shoulder. Both men were released after treatment.
The woman did not survive.
Emergency personnel took Octavia from Wells to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she died.
An autopsy at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta showed that she died from a single bullet that passed through her left arm, entered her chest, struck her heart and liver, and exited from her right side.
The home where the shooting took place is across the road from Mount Zion Chapel, which posted a message Monday afternoon. We mourn with you.
The director of Christian services at Northpoint Bible College said the church is trying to reach members of the family in the event they would like a pastor present for a memorial service.
Smith said they definitely want to do whatever they can.
The brother of Octavia wrote on Facebook that they were devastated, according to the Portland Press Herald.
A piece of me died with her. I have lost my faith in humanity. He wrote that there is too much hatred and not enough love in the world.
The manager at Chase's Country Store in Wells, Maine, said thatHuber Young had been working there for the last six months.
Andrew was a reliable worker who was honest and showed up on time, according to the manager. He said that Andrew was supposed to work on Sunday.
Altaf said it was shocking.
A GoFundMe page was created on Sunday to help raise money for the mother of two who is pregnant with a third child. The post on the page stated that it was from a retirement home in Kittery. As of Monday afternoon, the post had raised over a thousand dollars.
The post states that they would like to see that she gets help financially so that she can be with her family during this time.
There are stories in which domestic and/or sexual violence is alleged.
There is help available in York County, Maine, which offers individualized safety planning services to anyone impacted by domestic abuse. The hotline is open 24 hours a day. There is more information at caring-unlimited.org.
Police say the shooting was the result of a family fight over t-shirts.
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