FARMINGTON (AP) — The Maine attorney general’s office has concluded that a Farmington police officer was justified in shooting a man during an armed confrontation in front of the Farmington Town Hall last year.
A report released Monday says 28-year-old Justin Crowley Smilek came to the municipal building at around 11 a.m. on Nov. 19 and used a phone outside to call the police department, which is inside.
The report says when an Officer Ryan Rosie came out to see him, Crowley-Smilek came after him with a knife saying, “You’d better kill me now.”
The report says Crowley- Smilek then charged the officer, who fired his gun. Crowley Smilek fell to the ground and died a short time later.
The report says it was reasonable for Rosie to use deadly force to protect himself.
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