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MADISON, Maine (AP) - A gunman shot and killed his partner, their adult son and a neighbor and wounded a fourth person before being fatally shot by deputies early Wednesday, leaving detectives at a loss to explain the outburst of violence, an official said. 'The state police, the Somerset Sheriff's Department and the Attorney General's office is investigating this multi-scene incident that we have in Madison,' McCausland told reporters in a briefing at the Skowhegan/Madison town line. The shootings happened at several locations along a country road that runs behind the Skowhegan Fairgrounds, and Somerset County deputies ended the rampage by killing the gunman, said Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety. Lori Hayden was the daughter of Skowhegan selectwoman Darla Pickett and the sister of Skowhegan's finance and human resources director, Trisha Austin, the Morning Sentinel newspaper reported. Deputies responding to an emergency call uncovered a grisly scene with three victims at different locations along the road, Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster told the Associated Press. In a statement later Wednesday morning, Lancaster said the deputies who arrived on scene 'discovered that three people had been shot to death at different locations along the Russell Road in Madison.' MADISON, Maine — The Latest on the shootings in Madison, Maine(all times local):

An investigation into the fatal shootings of three people in Maine is focusing on a home where a neighbour says there had been a party and fireworks the night before. The shootings happened on Wednesday at several places along a rural road about 4 miles (6 km) from the center of town in Madison, according to Maine State Police. The Attorney General's Office has sent a group to investigate the scene and review the shots fired by the deputies, according to the release. It was the deadliest shooting in Maine since November 2015, when a 3-year-old girl was the only survivor of a rampage in the town of Oakland in which a gunman killed his girlfriend and the youngster's parents before taking his own life.
Three people are shot and killed by a gunman in separate incidents in Madison, Maine. A fourth victim is wounded. Sheriffs deputies then shot and killed the suspect.