After Anthony Lord fired eight shots into her boyfriend, Brittany Irish tried escaping from her Benedicta home through a bathroom window, according to new court documents.

Irish flagged down a passing pickup truck and jumped on the back, but Lord chased after her and jumped on as well. He shot at the driver, Carlton Eddy, until he pulled over, then Lord grabbed Irish and fled in another vehicle, the papers said.

Details of that encounter, and others during Lord’s rampage through northern Maine on Thursday night and Friday morning were included in court affidavits filed Monday in Aroostook County and Penobscot County superior courts in support of murder and kidnapping charges against Lord. Lord was to make an initial court appearance in Houlton on Monday.

Lord, 35, was arrested Friday after he beat a man, stole guns and a pickup truck, kidnapped Irish and shot five people, killing two, Maine State Police said.

Lord was taken into custody at the home of his uncle Carl Lord Jr. in Houlton.

An autopsy showed Irish’s boyfriend, Kyle Hewitt, was shot eight times, six times in the chest, hitting vital organs, once in his jaw and once in his pelvis, according to court records. Kevin Tozier was shot three times in the chest and neck.

In an interview with state police detectives, Lord admitted shooting Irish’s boyfriend and her mother, Kim Irish, then shot Eddy when Brittany Irish tried to escape. He later shot Tozier and Clayton McCarthy at a woodlot in Lee after one of them asked about an injury to Brittany Irish’s arm, according to an affidavit by Detective Greg Roy.

Police arrested Lord in Houlton after a massive 17-hour manhunt in the wake of the spree, which played out in four rural towns in Penobscot and Aroostook counties.

The crimes started Thursday night in Benedicta and continued Friday morning in Silver Ridge Township, Benedicta and Lee. Lord was charged with shooting and killing Hewitt, 22, and Tozier, 58, and kidnapping Brittany Irish, 22.

Police said Kim Irish, 58, Clayton McCarthy, 55, and Eddy, all area residents, were also wounded by gunshots. Police said Lord also broke into the house of Kary Mayo of Silver Ridge Township, assaulted and tied him up and then stole guns and a pickup truck, although he has not yet been charged in that incident.

All four injured people are expected to recover, police said Friday.

During the crime spree, Lord also burned down a barn, shot at police officers during a high-speed chase and stole a pulp truck belonging to McCarthy, authorities said.

The police affidavit leaves many questions unanswered, including Lord’s relationship with Irish and what the motive was for his behavior.

State police had been investigating the death of Lord’s 6-month-old son May 7 in Bangor.

On Saturday, several police cars were parked outside the gray home in Benedicta where police say Lord killed Hewitt and wounded Kim Irish. From there, police say Lord kidnapped Brittany Irish, who was with Lord at the time of his arrest and who police said was unharmed.

Lord is a registered sex offender with a history of domestic violence. He has been held without bail at the Aroostook County Jail.

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