Maine Woman Charged With Manslaughter Following Fatal Shooting

A Maine woman has been charged with manslaughter following a Tuesday morning shooting in Bangor.

According to an article on the WGME website, police were called to a house on Highland Avenue in Bangor just after 4 AM on Tuesday.

When they arrived, they found 24-year-old Daniel Ford-Coates of Bangor with a gunshot wound.  The article explains that he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his manner of death to be a homicide.

Following an investigation, police arrested 20-year-old Olivia Babin of Bangor, and charged her with manslaughter.

Following her arrest, she was taken to the Penobscot County Jail.

*NOTE - All suspects are considered innocent until being found guilty in a court of law

According to the article, the investigation is ongoing.

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