Police say a wanted Dresden man was fatally shot by police in Chelsea on Sunday.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, police were performing a search and arrest warrant for 28-year-old Frank Foss Jr. at a home on Hankerson Road in Chelsea. The sheriff’s office had an active warrant for Foss for firearm possession by a prohibited person and violating bail conditions.
Police said Foss pointed a handgun at a tactical team member in the woods outside the home and was shot and killed by a state police detective.
The detective was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard for all police-involved shootings. The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating.
