A Newburgh man was injured and a Hampden man arrested after a shooting at a Hampden trailer park Saturday afternoon.

The Newburgh man was at Eastern Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg that was considered non-life threatening, said Hampden police Sgt. Scott Webber. The man accused of shooting him, Roger Penman, 53, was taken to Penobscot County Jail and charged with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a firearm.

He was being held on $10,000 cash bail, Webber said.

According to Webber, Penman and the victim were members of rival groups in the trailer park who have argued in the past over “a love triangle and money owed.”

Around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Penman cut through the trailer park, crossing onto the property of the other group.

One member of that group “voiced his displeasure over (Penman) using his yard as a shortcut,” Webber said. Penman allegedly fired at the man who was shouting at him and missed, but the shot went through the side of the trailer, struck the victim in the leg and then exited through the trailer.

Webber said Penman ran off, but was eventually located in another trailer and surrendered to police.

Webber said the incident is still under investigation.


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