The office of Gov. Janet Mills says Maine’s government is going to cover the cost of funerals for families who lost loved ones in the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history.
Maine's government is going to cover the cost of funerals for families who lost loved ones in the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history, the office of Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday.in Lewiston, the second largest city in the state, on Oct. 25. The shootings killed 18 people, wounded 13 and sent the city into a lockdown until the man's body was discovered two days later. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot.
The state is getting the money from a victim's compensation program run through the attorney general's office, and supplementing it with money from the governor's contingent account, Goodman said. The Lewiston community is grieving two weeks after the shooting took place, and other cities and towns around Maine have offered an outpouring of support. Signs that say “Pray for Lewiston” and “Lewiston Strong” are common in Portland, the largest city in the state, located 35 miles away. Lewiston was also
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