Girl fatally shot in Wells remembered as "the light of everyone's life"

Relatives of Octavia Huber Young say the girl who would've turned two in July was just learning to speak.

Relatives of Octavia Huber Young say the girl who would've turned two in July was just learning to speak.

60 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOU DY TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A NEARLY TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL FATALLY SHOT IN WELLS YESTERDAY - AS WELL AS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. MAINE STATE POLICE SAY ANDREW HUBER YOUNG SHOT OCTAVIA HUBER YOUNG - D AN TWO ADULT MEN - AT A HOME ON CREDIFORD ROAD. HUBER YOUNG TURNING HIMSELF INTO POLICE YESTERDAY. HE IS NOW AT THE YORK COUNTY JAIL - HELD WITHOUT BAIL. WMTW NEWS 8'S JAMES CORRIGAN HAS THE LATEST FROM WELLS. A DAY AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING HERE IN WELLS, MORE INFORMATION IS BEING DISCOVERED ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT LEFT A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL DEAD AND A COMMUNITY SHOCKED. "WHEN I HEARD ABT OUTHAT NEWS FOR THE FIRST TIME,OU Y KNOW, I WAS SHOCKE" D. PASTOR YUL REVI WORKS AT MOUNT ZION PENTICOSTAL CHURCH, DIRECTLY NEXT TO 97 CREDIFORD STREET WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. REVI SAYS THE SHOINOTG GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING HE'S SEEN FROM THE WELLS COMMUNIT Y. "ALL THE PEOPLE, THEY ARE VERY COOPERATIVE AND LOVABLE. AND THIS CAMERA IS VERY CAL" M. THE SHOOTING TOOK THE LIFE OF 2- YEAR-OLD OCTAVIA HUBER-YOUNG. TWO OTHER ADULT MALES WHO WERE SHOT AND WENTO TTHE HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. OCTAVIA'S UNCLE CR AIG HIGGINS TELLS US T HE ADULTS WERE HER FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. THE SUSPECT IS 19- YEAR-OLD ANDREW HUBER-YOUNG, WHO HIGGINS TELLS US IS TAOCVIA'S UNCLE. HE IS NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER. A NEIGHR BO TOLDEW NS 8 THAT A LARGE SCREAM WAS HEARD INSIDE THE HOUSE AT AROUND 4:20 PM YESTERDAY. THE VICTIMS WERE ABLE TO GET TO A WELLS URGENT CARE BEFO BREEING TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS, ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS UNCLEAR HOW. T HE SUSPECT WENT TO WELLS PD FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING. A BMW PARKED OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION YESTERDAY WAS TREATED AS A CRIME SCENE, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNCLEAR WHO THE CAR BELONGS TO AND WHETHER THE SUSPE CT DROVE IT THE OREN HIS OWN. OCTAVIA WAS DESCRIBED AS HAPPY GO LUCKY, AND THE LIGHT OF EVERYONE'S LI. FE HER LOSS HAS STUNNED THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SHOW ITS SUPPOR T. "IN OUR SUNDAY SERVICE, YOU KNOW, WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES AND FOR ALL THE RELATIVES OF THAT FAMI. LY WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM." THE SUSPECT IS CURRENTLYN I YORK COUNTY JAIL A ND FURTHER CHARGES COULD BE PENDING. MAJOR CRIMES UNIT HAS BEEN ON SCENE HE RE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TRYING TO FIND OUT THE MISSIN

Girl fatally shot in Wells remembered as "the light of everyone's life"

Relatives of Octavia Huber Young say the girl who would've turned two in July was just learning to speak.

The almost two-year-old girl fatally shot in Wells Saturday is remembered by family as, "the light of everyone's life."Maine State Police announced Sunday Octavia Huber Young died as a result of her injuries. The agency stated Andrew Huber Young, 19, is charged with murder. Police also accuse him of shooting two other men whose injuries are not considered to be life-threatening. Craig Higgins, one of Octavia's uncles, told WMTW Sunday Octavia would've turned two in July was just learning to speak."She was the sweetest. A happy go lucky kid," Higgins said. Higgins says the two men also shot are Octavia's father and grandfather and the alleged shooter is another uncle. Law enforcement officials said Saturday the accused gunman is related to the victims, however Maine State Police have not confirmed their exact relationship. "At this point, we will not be naming the two male victims or discussing the victim’s relationships to the suspect," the agency stated in a release. State Police anticipate the alleged gunman will face additional charges. According to the agency, the shooting occurred inside a home on Crediford Road Saturday afternoon. Huber Young turned himself in to Wells Police Saturday night, police said. He is now being held in the York County Jail without bail. A spokesperson for York Hospital said the girl and two men with gunshot wounds arrived at a Wells urgent care facility just before 4:30 p.m. Octavia was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland. "The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the shooting with the assistance of the Wells Police Department," Maine State Police also stated. An autopsy is planned for the coming days.

WELLS, Maine —

The almost two-year-old girl fatally shot in Wells Saturday is remembered by family as, "the light of everyone's life."

Maine State Police announced Sunday Octavia Huber Young died as a result of her injuries.

The agency stated Andrew Huber Young, 19, is charged with murder.

Andrew Huber Young is charged with murder in connection with the death of an almost two-year-old girl in Wells

York County Sheriff's Office

Police also accuse him of shooting two other men whose injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.

Craig Higgins, one of Octavia's uncles, told WMTW Sunday Octavia would've turned two in July was just learning to speak.

"She was the sweetest. A happy go lucky kid," Higgins said.

Higgins says the two men also shot are Octavia's father and grandfather and the alleged shooter is another uncle.

Law enforcement officials said Saturday the accused gunman is related to the victims, however Maine State Police have not confirmed their exact relationship.

"At this point, we will not be naming the two male victims or discussing the victim’s relationships to the suspect," the agency stated in a release.

State Police anticipate the alleged gunman will face additional charges.

According to the agency, the shooting occurred inside a home on Crediford Road Saturday afternoon.

Huber Young turned himself in to Wells Police Saturday night, police said. He is now being held in the York County Jail without bail.

A spokesperson for York Hospital said the girl and two men with gunshot wounds arrived at a Wells urgent care facility just before 4:30 p.m.

Octavia was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

"The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the shooting with the assistance of the Wells Police Department," Maine State Police also stated.

An autopsy is planned for the coming days.

Girl fatally shot in Wells remembered as "the light of everyone's life"

Relatives of Octavia Huber Young say the girl who would've turned two in July was just learning to speak.

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