Parkman, Maine



From the Portland Press Herald of July 31, 2004

Parkman man shot armed neighbor



The attorney general's office has ruled that a Parkman man who shot and killed his neighbor in June was acting in self-defense and will not be charged with a crime.



David Tweedie, 40, shot William Glover, 33, when Glover allegedly approached Tweedie's Wellington Road home for the second time on June 19, armed with two shotguns and demanding beer.



Assistant Attorney General Andrew B. Benson said his office is satisfied that Tweedie was justified in using deadly force against Glover.



Tweedie told police that a man wearing camouflage clothing and carrying two shotguns came from the snowmobile trail behind his home to the back door at about 5:30 p.m., asking for beer. He would only find out later that the stranger was Glover, a neighbor from a couple of miles away whom he had never met.



Tweedie said when he told the man he did not have any beer, the man left and Tweedie called 911 to report the incident. Minutes later the man was back, he said, pointing the guns in his direction and toward his daughter.