Police shoot man after apartment complex incident in Oxford County

MEXICO, Maine (WMTW) - The office of the Maine Attorney General is investigating after two officers shot a man in Oxford County after an incident Wednesday afternoon.

It happened at the Sunvalley Circle Apartment complex in Mexico, Maine, around 3:40 p.m.

Two officers fired shots at a man who was then taken to the Rumford Hospital with gunshot wounds and later transferred by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center, according to a joint statement from the police chiefs in Mexico and Rumford.

The man, who has not been identified, is expected to survive.

Mexico police lieutenant Derek MacDonald and Rumford Police Patrolman Bradley Gallant are on administrative leave “pending an investigating by the Attorney General’s Office,” according to police.

Police are not releasing any additional details about what happened or why they were called to the apartment complex.