Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in downtown Lisbon Falls that happened Friday, Oct. 6.

Firefighters at the Lisbon Falls Fire Station on Main Street reported hearing a woman scream at about 7 a.m., according to a press release from Maine State Police. 

Firefighters then saw a male step from a vehicle and shoot himself in the head with a handgun.

Benjamin Peterson, 38, of Pittston was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he was listed in critical condition, Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss stated in the release.

On Monday, Moss said that Peterson had succumbed to his wounds.

Emergency responders had found the body of Kylee Turcotte, 30, of Lisbon Falls, in the vehicle's driver’s seat.

Turcotte and Peterson were in a former relationship together, according to the release.

Turcotte’s body was sent to the office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, where her death was ruled a homicide.

The lower section of Main Street was shut down for several hours as state police and Lisbon detectives investigated.