Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting on Tuesday in Bowdoin, Maine.
Joseph Eaton has been charged with four counts of murder in connection to the fatal shootings of his parents, 66-year-old David Eaton and 62-year-old Cynthia Eaton, inside the home of their friends Robert Eger, 72, and Patricia Eger, 62, who were found dead in the barn on the property, Maine State Police said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The bodies were found on Tuesday at around 9:21 a.m. by a neighbor, who then called the authorities. Shortly after the bodies were found, at around 10:30 a.m., police responded to a shooting on a highway in Yarmouth, 25 miles south of Bowdoin. Joseph Eaton was found in a wooded area close to that shooting scene. He was taken into custody, where police said he confessed to killing his parents and his parents' friends. He also allegedly admitted to shooting at the Halseys’ car because he suspected them of being police officers who were following him., Maine Gov. Janet Mills said she was “shocked and deeply saddened” by Tuesday’s events.