Police order shelter in place for parts of Windham, Raymond after North Windham shooting
Maine’s Total Coverage spotted a body in the middle of Route 302, near the intersection of Landing Road
WENT OUT VIA THE FEMA SYSTEM. WE HAVE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN JOYCE ON THE PHONE WITH US THIS EVENING. THE LONGTIME SHERIFF HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. AND SHERIFF JOYCE, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ALERT THAT WENT OUT REGARDING THE SHELTER IN PLACE? WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW TO STAY SAFE? I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY IN YOUR HOUSE, REMAIN VIGILANT ABOUT ANYBODY, ANYBODY BEING AROUND UP THERE. RESIDENTS. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THEY SHOULD BE THERE, PLEASE CALL EITHER THE WINDHAM POLICE OR THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. WE’LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A DEPUTY OR AN OFFICER TO YOU. IF IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE YOUR NEIGHBOR. PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AS WELL. IT’S THAT LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW COULD HELP US OUT IN LOCATING THE INDIVIDUAL. WE DON’T REALLY HAVE A DESCRIPTION THAT WE CAN HANG OUR HAT ON AT THIS POINT. SO I WOULD JUST BE LOOKING FOR A WHITE MALE. AND IF THAT PERSON DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BEHIND YOUR HOUSE, CALL US. ALSO, BE AWARE OF ANY TAXIS IN THE AREA. SOMETIMES THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL CALL TAXIS. THEY MAY CALL AN UBER, OR THEY MAY CALL A FRIEND. SO ANYBODY PICKING ANYBODY UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT JUST DOESN’T LOOK QUITE RIGHT. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE THAT IT’S GOING TO HELP US OUT IN FINDING THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND, SHERIFF JOYCE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WE SAW A HELICOPTER OVER THE SCENE THERE, OVER 302. CAN YOU GIVE US ANY INDICATION OF WHERE THAT AIRCRAFT IS FROM? IS THAT THE WARDEN SERVICE OR. OR WHAT? WHAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT DOING RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT SEARCH VIA FROM THE SKY. SO I’M NOT I’M NOT AWARE OF THAT OR THE FACT OF WHERE IT CAME FROM. I KNOW THAT WE’VE GOT OFFICERS TRAVELING SOME BACK ROADS. WE’VE PUT UP A PERIMETER, AND I THINK IT’S SAFE TO SAY THE PERIMETER GOES FROM ROUTE 85 EASTBOUND INTO NORTH WINDHAM. WE’VE GOT AGENTS AND DEPUTIES AND POLICE OFFICERS RUNNING THE BACK ROADS. WE’VE TRIED A COUPLE OF SEARCHES WITH CANINES AND TRACKING, AND WE’RE TRYING ANYTHING TO TRY TO GET AN IDEA FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED BY A DEPUTY THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT DIRECTION THE INDIVIDUAL RAN IN. SO NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE’RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DESCRIPTION IS SPECIFICALLY. AND AND TRYING TO LOCATE PEOPLE OR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT LOOKS OUT OF PLACE. SHERIFF, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS A VERY BUSY AFTERNOON. IT’S A FRIDAY. ROUTE 302. MANY PEOPLE COMING TO OUR STATE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SUMMER, MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO HEAD TO THE LAKE. CAN YOU OUTLINE HOW THE JUST THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE ALREADY OUT ON THE ROADS WHEN THIS HAPPENED COULD COULD IMPACT THE SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT PLAYING INTO THE THE DIFFICULTY, THE CHALLENGES FOR YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON. SO IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT A WORSE TIME. 302 ON A FRIDAY IN THE SUMMERTIME FROM ABOUT NOONTIME ON IS JUST CONTINUAL TRAFFIC. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE EARLIER TODAY, THIS MORNING, THE TRAFFIC WAS UNBELIEVABLE, EVEN FROM MY STANDARDS. SO I AM NOT IN THE AREA I’M DEALING WITH ANOTHER ISSUE AT THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A TYPICAL FRIDAY IS BAD ENOUGH WHEN EVERYTHING IS FLOWING, AND TO TRY TO GO AROUND THE SHUTDOWN AREA IS IS DIFFICULT. YOU’RE YOU’RE SENDING PEOPLE ON BACK ROADS. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A. A POINT WHERE THERE’S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEBAGO LAKE ON ONE SIDE AND LITTLE SEBAGO AND PETTENGILL POND ON THE OTHER. SO PEOPLE REDIRECTING ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO WAY OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET THROUGH UNTIL THE ROADS OPENED UP. BUT THE INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO CONTINUE. AT THE THE INITIAL SCENE AND THEN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHITE’S BRIDGE WEST IS IS STILL OPEN. SO IT’S PUTTING A LOT OF STRUGGLE AND A LOT OF PRESSURE ON SOME OF THE BACK ROADS AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT USED TO A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT SOMEHOW WE’LL GET THIS THROUGH. AND THE ROAD WILL BE OPENED UP HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND SHERIFF JOYCE, HELP US UNDERSTAND THE EFFORT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED? HOW MANY TOWNS MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THIS SEARCH, JUST MAYBE GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SCALE? WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MY COMMANDER AT AT THE RAYMOND IS WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 POLICE OFFICERS FROM OBVIOUSLY, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, STATE POLICE AND SURROUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, SO WE’VE GOT THE AREA PRETTY WELL COVERED. WHAT? WE HAVE A LOT OF WOODS UP THERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND THERE’S ENOUGH AREA THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN RUN IN AND NOT BE FOUND REALLY QUICKLY SO THAT THAT PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHY WE HAVE A HELICOPTER IN THE AIR AND PROBABLY BE PUTTING DRONES IN THE AIR AT SOME POINT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THIS PERSON ACTUALLY RAN INTO THE WOODS. IT’S ALSO LIKELY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP SOMEWHERE AND IS OUT OF THE AREA. SO WE DON’T REALLY KNOW RIGHT NOW, BUT WE’RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC BY MAKING SURE THAT WE’VE DONE EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS. CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN JOYCE ON THE PHONE WITH US HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT SHOOTING ON 302. SHERIFF JOYCE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU’RE INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER INCIDENT ALSO HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. WE’RE LOOKING AT INFORMATION FROM THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ABOUT THREE YOUTHS WHO ESCAPED FROM LONG CREEK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER. ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THAT RESPONSE AS WELL? NO. YOU KNOW, I’VE HEARD THE RUMOR AND I’VE GOTTEN A FEW TEXTS ABOUT THAT. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S IN FACT HAS OCCURRED OR NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I’M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT. CERTAINLY A BUSY AFTERNOON HERE IN MAINE. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE SHELTER IN PLACE AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT THAT INFORMATION FROM LONG CREEK. I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MENTIONED STAYING INSIDE YOUR HOME. WHAT IF YOU’RE SITTING IN YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, IF YOU’RE ABLE TO MOVE, SHOULD YOU BE GETTING OUT OF THAT AREA? WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT MAYBE GOT THAT ALERT ON THEIR PHONE THAT ARE IN THEIR CAR? I DON’T KNOW THAT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE SITTING IN THEIR VEHICLES AND TRAVELING, EVEN EVEN TRAVELING SLOWLY, THAT’S PARTICULARLY AN ISSUE. WHAT WE JUST WANT IS PEOPLE NOT WANDERING AROUND, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS. THE BACK OF THE RESIDENCE. WE DON’T KNOW THE PROPENSITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL BEYOND WHAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN WINDHAM, AND WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANY BAD THINGS HAPPEN BEYOND THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE THE BEST IDEA IS STAY INSIDE, LOCK YOUR DOORS, BE HYPERVIGILANT OF WHAT’S GOING AROUND ON, AROUND YOU. DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL US BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT ONE LITTLE PHONE CALL COULD HELP US IN LOCATING THIS INDIVIDUAL AND AND LIFTING THE SHELTER IN PLACE. ORDER. SHERIFF JOYCE, ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE LET YOU GO. FOR NOW, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE INITIAL INTERACTION HERE THAT THAT SPARKED AND KICKED THIS ALL OFF? WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? I DON’T I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. I KNOW THERE WAS A SHOOTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT WINDHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAINE STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IT. AND THAT’S ABOUT ALL I KNOW AND WHAT I CAN GIVE OUT AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN JOYCE, ALWAYS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND BEST WISHES ON A BUSY EVENING AHEAD. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE ASSISTANCE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR REALLY OUTLINING FOR PEOPLE AT HOME WHAT T
Updated: 5:38 PM EDT Aug 15, 2025
Police order shelter in place for parts of Windham, Raymond after North Windham shooting
Maine’s Total Coverage spotted a body in the middle of Route 302, near the intersection of Landing Road
Updated: 5:38 PM EDT Aug 15, 2025
Maine authorities have issued a shelter in place order for parts of Windham and Raymond after a shooting happened Friday afternoon on Route 302 in North Windham. Maine’s Total Coverage reporter Cate McCusker spotted a body in the middle of Route 302 in North Windham, near the intersection of Landing Road.State police said the shooting happened at about 1:55 p.m.Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce earlier confirmed to Maine’s Total Coverage that law enforcement officers had responded to a report of a shooting in North Windham. The Cumberland County Regional Communications Center announced shortly after 2:20 p.m. that Route 302 will be shut down at the intersection of Landing Road for an extended period of time due to a police incident.In response to the shooting, the Windham Police Department and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office ordered a shelter in place for Route 302 from Whites Bridge Road in Windham to Route 85 in Raymond, as well as for surrounding side streets.Officials said an IPAWS message is being sent to people in that area from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency. The message reads as follows:”Gunman at large in North Windham. Shelter indoors, lock doors. Report suspicious behavior to 911. Last seen Windham/Raymond line. Stay inside. Tune to local news or Windham PD for updates.”Anyone in the shelter in place area who spots suspicious activity should report it immediately by calling 911.Joyce said authorities did not have a reliable description of the shooting suspect as of 5 p.m.According to Joyce, a deputy located the suspect’s vehicle at the Dunkin’ in Raymond, which is located along Route 302 at 1247 Roosevelt Trail.Officials are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call state police at 207-624-7076. This is a breaking news story. Maine’s Total Coverage is working to gather more information.
WINDHAM, Maine —Maine authorities have issued a shelter in place order for parts of Windham and Raymond after a shooting happened Friday afternoon on Route 302 in North Windham.
Maine’s Total Coverage reporter Cate McCusker spotted a body in the middle of Route 302 in North Windham, near the intersection of Landing Road.
State police said the shooting happened at about 1:55 p.m.
Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce earlier confirmed to Maine’s Total Coverage that law enforcement officers had responded to a report of a shooting in North Windham.
The Cumberland County Regional Communications Center announced shortly after 2:20 p.m. that Route 302 will be shut down at the intersection of Landing Road for an extended period of time due to a police incident.
In response to the shooting, the Windham Police Department and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office ordered a shelter in place for Route 302 from Whites Bridge Road in Windham to Route 85 in Raymond, as well as for surrounding side streets.
Officials said an IPAWS message is being sent to people in that area from the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency. The message reads as follows:
“Gunman at large in North Windham. Shelter indoors, lock doors. Report suspicious behavior to 911. Last seen Windham/Raymond line. Stay inside. Tune to local news or Windham PD for updates.”
Anyone in the shelter in place area who spots suspicious activity should report it immediately by calling 911.
Joyce said authorities did not have a reliable description of the shooting suspect as of 5 p.m.
According to Joyce, a deputy located the suspect’s vehicle at the Dunkin’ in Raymond, which is located along Route 302 at 1247 Roosevelt Trail.
Officials are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call state police at 207-624-7076.
This is a breaking news story. Maine’s Total Coverage is working to gather more information.
