CORINTH, Maine (AP) — A man who shot two sex offenders to death in Maine got their names from the state's online sex offender registry, authorities said Monday, renewing fears that such lists expose ex-convicts to vigilante violence.
The gunman, Stephen A. Marshall, a 20-year-old from Canada, committed suicide Sunday night in Boston after being cornered aboard a bus by police.
Investigators were uncertain what relationship, if any, Marshall had with the two victims, who were killed Sunday morning at their homes 25 miles apart.
But the two men were among 34 names Marshall had looked up on the state Web site, said Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety. Investigators said they discovered that he visited the Web site because he typed in his name to receive extra information online, including street addresses.
The Web site was disabled while police searched for Marshall but was restored Monday afternoon.