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Sanford police investigate shooting at local motel

Sanford police investigate shooting at local motel

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Police in Sanford say a woman was shot in a motel on Monday afternoon.

Police said emergency responders were dispatched to the Quality Inn around 2 p.m. Monday. They learned that a 31-year-old woman had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.

She was taken to Maine Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury to her leg.

Police say they’re looking into the shooting, and that the investigation is in it’s early phases.

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