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UPDATE: Overnight Scarborough shooting connected to Portland investigation, according to officials

Shane Fors, 23, is charged with felony domestic violence criminal threatening, and reckless conduct with a firearm, as well as misdemeanor criminal mischief.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — UPDATE: Portland police confirmed Monday morning that the department's Special Response Team was called to a Portland home in connection with a shooting earlier in the day that happened in Scarborough.

Scarborough police were called Stoneridge Drive early Monday morning for reports of gunshots.

At about 8:40 a.m., cruisers and armored vehicles from Portland Police Department's Special Response Team went to a duplex on Maggie Lane, where they arrested Shane T. Fors, 23, at his home.

Fors is charged with felony domestic violence criminal threatening and reckless conduct with a firearm, as well as misdemeanor criminal mischief, Scarborough Police said in a release.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Police in Scarborough are investigating reports of gunshots fired overnight at a home on Stoneridge Drive in Scarborough, off Route 77.

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Police received a report of the shots just after 2:30 a.m. Monday.

According to Scarborough Police Sgt. Scott Vaughn, shots were fired at the home from the street but it is unclear how many shots were fired. Vaughn said nobody inside the home was injured.

At this time, Vaughn said nobody is in custody in relation to the incident. According to police, there is no threat to the public.

Officials are expected to be at the scene for multiple hours Monday.

NEWS CENTER Maine will update this developing story as more information becomes available.

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