On what should have been a joyous occasion, the 65th birthday of Roland Gerry Poirier, a celebration turned into a tragedy that would tear a family apart. It was November 8, 2006, in Lewiston, Maine, and Poirier was gathered with his family and friends at his Grove Street home for a birthday dinner. As the group sat around the dining table, a single gunshot shattered the evening, the bullet piercing through a sliding glass door and striking Poirier in the neck. The suddenness of the act left eve
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