A shelter-in-place order has been issued in a Maine city by state police, siting an active shooting situation.
Maine State Police said, in a Facebook post, that there is an active shooting situation in Lewiston, a city of 36,000, 35 miles north of Portland.
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Lewiston, Maine, seen from a hill in Auburn. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images/File)
Authorities told residents in Lewiston to "shelter in place" and to "stay inside your home with the doors locked."
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Police said that local law enforcement and state police are investigating "two locations right now."
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Police said that local law enforcement and state police in Maine are investigating "two locations right now." (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP/File)
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It is unclear whether people have been injured.
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