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AG’s Office finds Augusta officer involved shooting justified

AG’s Office finds Augusta officer involved shooting justified

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AUGUSTA (WGME) — An investigation by the Maine Attorney General’s Office finds an officer involved shooting in Augusta in 2019 is justified.

According to a report from the AG’s Office, Augusta Police officer Sebastian Guptill was justified when he shot and injured Robert Farrington on November 24 2019.

The report, which was released Friday afternoon, shows police had issues a temporary felony warrant for Farrington for assaulting his girlfriend.

When officers went to his home in Augusta, Guptill reportedly saw Farrington holding a handgun — which he claimed the suspect then raised as if to shoot at him.

That’s when the officer opened fire, injuring the suspect.

The state changed the way the AG’s Office investigates officer involved shootings last year following a CBS 13 I-Team investigation, which found a backlog of eighteen open cases — some dating back years.

It’s been fourteen months since the new law went into effect.

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