AUBURN, Maine — Human remains have been discovered in the fire debris of a home in Auburn that's connected with an armed standoff and shelter-in-place on Saturday.
The Maine Department of Public Safety said in a news release Saturday night the state fire marshal's office found human remains at a home on Russell Avenue, the site where a 911 call was made early Saturday morning.
Identification of the remains awaits testing and formal identification from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the release stated.
Police said during a press conference Saturday emergency dispatchers received a call shortly before 1 a.m. from a woman who was reporting that her significant other was in a fight with an armed individual who was attempting to break into their home. Gunshots were heard during the phone call, police said.
The woman fled the home and hid, and was shortly found safe by Auburn police on Russell Avenue, where officials then observed a residence on fire and a person yelling from inside the burning building.
The woman identified the man inside the building as 43-year-old Leein Hinkley.
The situation escalated to involve several homes on fire, including the home where the original 911 call was made, and a standoff where Hinkley was fatally shot by police after law enforcement said Hinkley shot at them several times.
The two state police troopers involved in the shooting, Scott Duff and Patrick Hall, have been placed on administrative leave while the Maine attorney general's office investigates the use of deadly force, which is standard practice for shootings that involve law enforcement.
Police said Saturday the woman's significant other remains unaccounted for.
