Police shoot, injure man in Milton, prompting local school closures

This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. on May 28, 2026.

Police shot and injured a 36-year-old man in Milton Wednesday night, prompting the closure Thursday of Milton Elementary School and Nute Middle High School.

According to a statement from the state Attorney General’s office on Thursday afternoon, Farmington police were dispatched to Elm Street in Milton where they encountered Ryan Cantwell “barricaded inside a vehicle and armed with what appeared to be a firearm.”…

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