Maine police kill armed man after a night of gunfire and burned homes that left a man missing

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine State Police tactical team has killed a man on a rooftop after an hourslong standoff in which he shot at officers and two homes burned down. The episode started early Saturday when 43-year-old Leein Hinkley broke into a house in Auburn. Police arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. Authorities say a man who fought with Hinkley inside remains unaccounted for. Hinkley fired shots at officers several times. Another house caught fire. More than four hours later, state troopers shot and killed Hinkley on a neighboring rooftop. Timothy Cougle, Auburn’s deputy chief of police, said the shelter-in-place orders and evacuations during the standoff brought back tragic memories of last year’s mass shooting in neighboring Lewiston.