{"id":1818026,"date":"2026-03-10T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1818026"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:58:46","slug":"tragic-shooting-near-sugarloaf-resort-me-leaves-female-employee-dead-co-worker-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1818026","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Shooting Near Sugarloaf Resort, ME, Leaves Female Employee Dead; Co-worker Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austin Doucette, 24, at the Franklin County Detention Center. | Photo: WABI News Desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A weekend shooting near Sugarloaf ski resort has resulted in the death of a 23-year-old resort employee, with a 24-year-old co-worker now facing murder charges. <\/strong>According to initial reports from the WABI News Desk<\/em> and verified by regional public safety announcements<\/a>, the Franklin County Regional Communications Center responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the Left Bank condominiums in Carrabassett Valley at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n

First responders attended to the victim, identified as Makayla Rose Desantis of Colchester, Connecticut.<\/strong> Desantis was initially transported to Maine Health Franklin Hospital in Farmington before being transferred for specialized care to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she ultimately succumbed to her injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday evening, authorities arrested 24-year-old Austin Doucette of Carrabassett Valley.<\/strong> Doucette has been formally charged with murder in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n

Maine State Police have confirmed that the investigation into the fatal incident remains actively ongoing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sugarloaf Resort, ME. | PC: Sugarloaf Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Austin Doucette, 24, at the Franklin County Detention Center. | Photo: WABI News Desk A weekend shooting near Sugarloaf ski resort has resulted in the death of a 23-year-old resort employee, with a 24-year-old co-worker now facing murder charges. According to initial reports from the WABI News Desk and verified by regional public safety announcements, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,267],"class_list":["post-1818026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-snowbrains-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1818026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1818026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1818026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1818026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}