Neighbor’s Gunshot Death Leads to Arrest | Portland Maine News

Fifty-eight-year-old Keith Brunelle is now facing murder charges after police found his neighbor, forty-eight-year-old James Smith, dead from a gunshot wound in their Brunswick mobile home park. The incident began when police responded to gunshots at Brunelle’s home just after midnight on September first — where they found Smith dead and arrested Brunelle for a bail violation. He was later released but not charged with homicide. An autopsy confirmed the death as a homicide, prompting detectives to obtain an arrest warrant for Brunelle, who was re-arrested Friday morning. Court docs point to a Colt revolver in the shooting, though key details remain sealed. Brunelle has lived at the address for over 18 years. This marks the second neighbor-on-neighbor homicide in Brunswick in five months — echoing a gruesome April case where a man allegedly stabbed, dismembered, and burned his neighbor. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/14/brunswick-man-accused-of-killing-neighbor-appears-in-court/ More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/5f5b22e7eec740de Report issues to [email protected].