Police: Mass shooting rumor kept people from Rumford fireworks (Maine)

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/river-valley/2016/07/05/police-mass-shooting-rumor-kept-people-rumford-fireworks/1954453#comments

RUMFORD — A rumor that a mass shooting would take place at the River Valley Fourth of July celebration Monday night drove up to 100 people from the Hosmer Field complex before the fireworks display, police said Tuesday.

Sgt. Tracey Higley said that on the night of July 3 "an officer from another jurisdiction felt that he had observed some suspicious activity of some Muslim-looking folks in a pizza shop, with only three of them buying four pizzas, then asking if there was any big events in the area."

Rumford police did not identify the officer, whom they said was known to them, or the place of the suspicious activity.

The unidentified officer communicated the information over police radio channels, Higley said.

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