POLICE
Maine State Police tip lines: 207-213-9526 or 207-509-9002 (or 911)
Emergency police or medical help: 911
FBI online tip line for Lewiston shootings
FINDING SUPPORT
Nationwide confidential help line: 988
Maine crisis hotline: 1-888-568-1112
Maine’s warm-line for non-crisis calls: 1-866-771-9276
Teens and young adults can text 207-515-8398 to be connected with other youth from noon to 10 p.m.
Clinicians, educators and first responders can call 1-800-769-9819 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Guidance about how to talk to children: Go to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s website.
Support for educators: 207-221-8196 or texting 898-211 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less