Lewiston is ground zero for the Somali Muslim presence in Maine. And it shows.
The Lewiston Police Department has released surveillance footage of a gunman in Lewiston opening fire.
The video is of the second of two shootings in four days near a mosque on Bartlett Street.
Lewiston police say it’s an area with a high volume of shootings over the past year.
What might be attracting these unknown shooters to the area? Besides the mosque?
Several witnesses told police a young, black male across the street fired multiple rounds from a handgun toward the Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services building and nearby parked cars.
Perfect. More ‘contributions’ to Lewiston’s incredible diversity.
Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline called the president’s assertion that Somali immigrants contribute nothing to society “shameful and inaccurate.”
“Here, Somali entrepreneurs are business owners and hard workers, creating jobs and strengthening our local economy,” Sheline said in a written statement on Wednesday. “Their active role within our City has been instrumental in Lewiston’s revitalization, making such rhetoric not only cruel but clearly false.”
Very inaccurate. Can’t Trump see these incredible contributions being made near a refugee services center and a mosque?
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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