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A Brunswick woman will face charges stemming from a shooting incident Saturday at her home at 1133 Mere Point Road, police said.

Brunswick police said Tammie Keslake, 51, was taken into custody after a nearly eight-hour standoff with police.

Police said they received a report of gunfire from inside Keslake’s home about 5 p.m. Officers had been to the home twice earlier in the day to investigate a report of gunfire and to respond to an emergency call made by Keslake.

Police shut down Mere Point Road and set up a perimeter to protect nearby residents as they tried to get Keslake to cooperate or surrender.

Negotiators from Brunswick police and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office communicated with Keslake by a phone delivered to her by a police tactical team. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, police fired tear gas into the home. Keslake came out and was taken into custody.

She was to receive a medical evaluation before being transported to Cumberland County Jail in Portland, police said. Police removed a Remington 20-gauge shotgun and ammunition from Keslake’s home.

Police said charges are pending.

Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New...

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