Jaquille J. Coleman's attorney argues before the state's Supreme Judicial Court that the judge erred in the 2020 fatal shooting case of his ex-girlfriend.
Liza Morgan, the mother of Natasha Morgan, says she saw Jaquille J. Coleman pointing a gun out of the window of his car in the direction of her daughter as he fired it.
One-quarter of the homicide cases documented in Maine in 2020 occurred in the Twin Cities, authorities said.
Jaquille Coleman, top left, Trai Larue, Abdikadir Nur, bottom left, and Bryan Peabody
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According to an analysis conducted at Maine State Police, four of the state’s 16 murder and manslaughter cases reported over the past 12 months happened in Lewiston and Auburn. In all, 19 homicide victims were reported statewide because some cases with a single defendant involved multiple victims.
Two murder cases were reported in Auburn and two in Lewiston. In one of the Lewiston cases, the crime is believed to have been related to domestic violence, according to Maine State Police spokeswoman Katharine England whose statewide statistics were current as of 12:30 p.m. Thursday.