A Massachusetts driver who was leading police on a chase through two states was shot and killed after a crash in Maine and exiting his pickup truck with a knife, police said Wednesday.
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Kenneth Ellis, 52, was left on Main Street Tuesday night with a knife in his disabled pickup truck when he approached a Fryeburg police officer, who opened fire, officials said. Ellis, whose last known address was in Hyannis, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead at the scene.
After a multi-state manhunt, a suspect was shot and killed by police in Fryeburg, Maine.
The police chase began in New Hampshire and ended when Ellis’ truck crashed into several vehicles and then crashed into a cross-border snowbank in Fryeburg.
An Oxford County deputy involved in the pursuit was injured in a collision with another vehicle, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
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The attorney general’s office is investigating the case, as it does in all incidents in which police officers use deadly force in Maine. The officer who fired his weapon was placed on paid administrative leave, which is customary in such cases.
