On the morning of October 23, 2012, two men were shot dead at a family compound on Bobolink Lane in Lamoine, Maine. Forty-nine-year-old Russell Lee Pinkham was found in a grassy area a few yards from the Tilden family home; his brother-in-law, 50-year-old Robert Tilden, was found in the driveway. Multiple shots had been fired.

Authorities quickly identified 27-year-old Leon R. Tilden, Robert’s son and Pinkham’s nephew, as the suspect. A manhunt ended about 10 a.m. when a Maine State Police Tactical Team member encountered an armed Leon Tilden on the property. The officer shot Leon; he was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and pronounced dead.

Leon’s mother and his 22-year-old brother were present at the home during the initial shootings. A neighbor said Robert had feared his son might harm him. The Maine Attorney General’s Office later concluded the officer’s use of deadly force was justified, finding the officer’s life and other officers’ lives were in imminent danger.