KITTERY, Maine –
Authorities launched post-mortem outcomes Friday for 3 our bodies recovered from a house, a automobile’s again seat and a river between New Hampshire and Maine, figuring out a person accused of fatally capturing his spouse and their 8-year-old son earlier than being shot to dying by police.
Police recognized the household of three as Brittany and Trent Weston, each 37, and their son, Benson. Officers mentioned the mom and son died from a number of gunshot wounds inflicted by Trent Weston, who was shot a number of occasions by troopers throughout a standoff on a bridge and fell 100 toes (30 metres) into the water under.
The Westons had not too long ago moved right into a duplex in Troy, New Hampshire, the place Brittany Weston’s physique was found early Thursday after her husband referred to as 911 to report that they’d argued and that she was lifeless. The boy’s physique was present in Trent Weston’s automobile parked about 100 miles (160 kilometres) away on the Interstate 95 bridge between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kittery, Maine.
After failed makes an attempt to barter, two New Hampshire troopers and a Maine trooper fired their weapons after Trent Weston acquired out of the automobile and raised a weapon, officers mentioned. The Coast Guard recovered his physique from the Piscataqua River.
Police mentioned Friday they hadn’t decided a motive for the violence. Investigations had been persevering with in Maine and New Hampshire.
The bridge was closed for about seven hours earlier than reopening. Between 70,000 and 80,000 automobiles use the Piscataqua bridge every day, in accordance with the Maine Division of Transportation.