A man was shot and killed by police in Lincoln after allegedly trying to attack officers with a knife.
Officers responded to a trespassing complaint at 7 Whalen St. shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Lincoln Police said in a press release.
According to police, the complainant reported that Derek Beach, 37, was at the residence in defiance of a protection from abuse order.
Police say Beach also had bail conditions that barred him from returning from the residence at the time of the complaint.
Upon arrival at the Whalen Street residence, attempts by the responding officers to negotiate with Beach were unsuccessful, leading to Beach being tased.
Beach then allegedly lunged at the officers with a knife.
Sgt. Michael Winslow and Officer Kristofer Milner of Lincoln Police shot Beach, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Both Winslow and Milner were place on administrative leave in accordance with standard protocol in cases of use of deadly force by law enforcement.
The Maine Attorney General’s Office will be responsible for investigating the use of deadly force by the officers.
Those protection orders are not worth the paper they are written on. A perfect example of why the 72 hour waiting period will kill innocent people.
2nd person to die by gunfire in like 2 months in that town… now half the police force is on leave… the closed mill in the back ground says it all…. sad state
Just like the Democratic members of congress, who yell and scream in the street, Beach had no respect for the LAW. Watters can get away with this behavior, Beach could not.
I am true psychic. The state will justify this regardless of what happened.
Problem Solved! We need to do this a lot more often to fix the problem… Criminals need to learn to respect Law Enforcement!
Despicable Mainer…
Democrats are, and have been, in total control of everything in Maine for years…
That is why Maine is a cesspool, Liberal Democrat Policies…
It is good that, when needed, Maine LEOs can shoot straight.
I suspect mind altering drugs were involved. Will we see an autopsy report?
May God Protect these LEO’s!
State of Maine’s AG cannot be trusted!