An arrest has been made in connection to Monday afternoon shooting in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood that left one man dead, Portland Police announced Tuesday.
Police say they responded to the area of Portland and Alder Streets at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday for a report of a shooting.
Upon arrival at the scene, officers found Edgar Cando, a 31-year-old man from Portland who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Cando was transported to Maine Medical Center, where a succumbed to his injuries.
According to police, just over three hours after the shooting, 21-year-old Omar Mohamed Ibrahim Abd Elkader was arrested at the Portland Police Department and charged with murder.
Elkader was transported to the Cumberland County Jail, where he is being held without bail.
