UPDATE: Deceased Identified in I-95 Piscataqua Bridge Shootout

UPDATE:

From the Maine State Police:

Autopsies have been conducted on a deceased adult male and male child related to the critical incident on the Piscataqua River Bridge in Kittery, Maine Thursday morning. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Augusta conducted the autopsy on the deceased child Thursday, August 29, 2024, and the adult male on Friday morning, August 30, 2024. The OCME has identified the deceased adult male as 37-year-old Trent Weston of Troy, New Hampshire. The OCME ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death as homicide as a result of an officer-involved shooting. The OCME has identified Trent Weston’s deceased child as 8-year-old Benson Weston of Troy, New Hampshire, and ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death as homicide. The investigation into these deaths and the suspected homicide in Troy, New Hampshire involving Trent Weston’s wife, 37-year-old Brittany Weston, remains ongoing by the Maine State Police and New Hampshire State Police. The New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on Brittany Weston today and determined her cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and manner of death as homicide. The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

UPDATE:

From the Maine State Police:

At approximately 2:07 am, on August 29, 2024, the York Police Department received a 911 call from a male stating that he had been involved in a fight with his wife in Troy, New Hampshire and told authorities she was dead. New Hampshire State Police responded to the residence in Troy and located a deceased female. At approximately 2:30 a.m., Kittery Police located the male’s vehicle on the Piscataqua River Bridge parked on the southbound side in Maine. Law enforcement agencies from New Hampshire and Maine responded and tried to negotiate with the male.

The bridge was shut down for several hours to protect the public, while negotiations were attempted, and the scene was secured. Negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful, and the male exited the vehicle and raised a firearm. Maine State Police Trooper Craig Nilsen and two New Hampshire State Police troopers responded with deadly force. The male subject was located deceased in the water below and declared dead at the scene. Law enforcement officers on scene located an eight-year-old child fatally shot in the backseat of the vehicle. This death is not associated with the officers’ use of deadly force. Maine State Police Major Crimes and New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes are investigating the deaths of the female and the child. The troopers involved in the incident are on administrative leave pending the Maine Attorney General’s investigation into the use of deadly force, which is standard protocol.

The Maine State Police would like to thank the Kittery Police Department, York Police Department, Eliot Police Department, New Hampshire State Police, Maine Turnpike Authority, New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and United States Coast Guard for their assistance in the investigation.

The Piscataqua River Bridge near Kittery was closed for much of the early morning, Aug. 29, due to an officer involved shooting.

According to WGME, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office “say the incident started when a man killed a woman at a home in Troy, New Hampshire.” That man then drove to the bridge on I-95, crossing state lines.

The man was shot and killed by police on the bridge. It was discovered that an 8-year-old child was shot to death inside the man’s vehicle.

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