LAMOINE (AP) — Authorities say a Hancock County teenager who appears to have accidentally shot himself has died.
The sheriff ’s office says 19- year-old Jesse Sinclair was in his home when he appears to have accidentally shot himself last Saturday.
Sinclair was taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth before being transferred to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he died.
Police say other people were at home at the time, but are not releasing any additional information because the investigation is continuing.
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