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A 22-year-old Portland man was shot and killed during an altercation in the city’s Riverton neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to Portland police.

The shooting occurred at 1:45 a.m. inside a residence at 107 Milton St., Lt. Robert Martin said in a statement. Isahak Muse was found dead when police and paramedics arrived at the scene.

There is no danger to the public, according to Martin.

The circumstances that led to the shooting remain under investigation. An autopsy will be conducted by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of death.

There have been no arrests.

Police said the shooting is not connected to shots fired in the Sherman Street area early Saturday. Police reported that there was a disturbance near 10 Sherman St. at 3:27 a.m. Several shots were fired. No one was injured and there were no arrests.

Martin had no further information Saturday night about either case.

 

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...

Gillian Graham is a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the...