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Bangor police arrested a man from Dixmont following a shooting early Sunday morning at a motel on Hammond Street.

Benjamin Bowman Photo courtesy of Bangor police

Benjamin Bowman, 24, was charged with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a firearm when he was taken into custody around 11 a.m. Sunday. The shooting took place around 2:30 a.m.

Bangor police allege that Bowman got into an altercation with another man at the Motel 6 on Hammond Street before shooting and wounding the man. The victim was taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

The man’s identity was not released.

Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland...

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