Man kills himself as home was to be searched

1:46 PM, Sep 23, 2011   |    comments
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PORTER, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Officials say a man whose home was about to be searched by FBI agents has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says members of the State Police Tactical Team entered the home of 30-year-old Gardner Halsey just after noon. They found his body on the first floor of the house on Spec Pond Road.

McCausland says federal agents were about to execute a search warrant at Halsey's residence when they heard a gunshot. McCausland says no details are being released about what the FBI was looking for.

The Tactical Team was called from a training exercise in the town of Sebec. Drivers on Interstate 95 reported seeing several state police vehicles responding to the call.

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