New details are emerging in the murder of one man and the death of his apparent killer in a shootout with Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies.
Authorities say that the events began late Saturday night, when 59-year-old Norman Strobel of Naples and a companion arrived at a Casco camp belonging to Strobel’s ex-girlfriend, who had won a protection from abuse order against Strobel. She wasn’t there, but when her daughter and another man appeared at a window, authorities say Strobel opened fire with a 9mm handgun.
Several bullets hit the man inside the camp, authorities say, injuring him critically. County Sheriff Kevin Joyce says Strobel fled the scene and later called his ex-girlfriend, admitting involvement with the Casco shooting.
Strobel’s cellphone signal led six deputy sheriffs to a mobile home in Naples at around 4 a.m.
“Looking into the window they observed a male subject sitting in a chair with blood on his face,” Joyce says. “The deputies entered the residence in an attempt to provide aid to the male subject. As they entered the residence and identified themselves as police officers, Mr. Strobel appeared with a gun in his hand.”
A firefight broke out and Strobel was killed. The man in the chair, meanwhile, Richard Dickema, 55, was dead. State police say they believe he had accompanied Strobel at the first scene and fled to Naples with him, where Strobel then shot him.
Investigators are still piecing together the details of the shootings, including the possible motives.