A Westbrook man who was shot in the bridge of his nose by a Westbrook police officer early Saturday was recovering Sunday evening from his wound, according to Police Chief Janine Roberts.
Roberts said 26-year-old Sean Grossman, who was armed with a handgun and threatening suicide during a confrontation at 108 Longfellow St., was transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland after being shot by police Officer Benjamin Hall.
Roberts said Hall, one of two canine officers on the Westbrook force, fired one shot that entered the bridge of Grossman’s nose and exited through his forehead.
“Mr. Grossman is recovering from his injury,” Roberts said in an email Sunday night. “He is stable, non-life-threatening.”
The shooting remains under investigation by Westbrook police and the Maine Attorney General’s Office, which investigates all officer-involved shootings in the state.
Grossman was listed in serious condition Saturday night at Maine Medical Center. A hospital supervisor said Sunday evening she had no information on a patient by that name.
The Cumberland County Jail confirmed Sunday night that Grossman had not been booked at the jail yet. Roberts indicated that he could face several criminal charges once he is brought to the jail, including criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and charges related to a domestic violence incident that occurred before officers arrived around 6 a.m. Saturday.
Roberts said Grossman was in a “physical confrontation” with Detective Daniel Violette when Hall shot Grossman.
Timothy Feeley, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, said there were eight officer-involved shootings in Maine during 2015. The Westbrook shooting is the second one in 2016. Feeley said the other shooting in Caribou resulted in no injuries.
“The length of an investigation always varies, but they can take anywhere from six to nine months,” Feeley said in an email.
Roberts said Hall had never shot anyone before in the line of duty. Standard procedure calls for Hall to be placed on administrative leave until he is cleared psychologically to return to work.
Roberts said Grossman was convicted of criminal use of disabling chemicals and assault in 2011, disorderly conduct in 2010, and theft in 2008.
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