Police Identify Victim & Suspect in Maine Homicide

Lewiston police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting, and it all started with a 911 call early Friday morning.

According to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety's Shannon Moss, the incident left one young woman dead and another in handcuffs.

Around 1:26 AM on March 20th, dispatchers got word of a shooting on Union Street. Officers responded quickly and called in help from the Maine State Police.  When they got there, they found a young woman with a gunshot wound.

She was later identified as 22-year-old Maliyah Powell of Lewiston.  She was rushed to Central Maine Medical Center, but despite efforts to save her, she died from her injuries.

Her body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta, where an autopsy confirmed she died from a gunshot wound, and the death has been ruled a homicide.

Investigators from the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South spent the morning processing the scene, working alongside Lewiston Police.

As a result of that investigation, 25-year-old Elise Bergeron of Lewiston has been arrested and charged with murder.  She’s now being held at the Androscoggin County Jail.

*NOTE - All suspects are considered innocent until being found guilty in a court of law

Police say the investigation is still active.  If you have any information, you’re asked to call Maine State Police at 207-624-7076, option 9.