Police say 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad, of Westbrook, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on multiple charges, including felony elevated aggravated assault.

Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, of Westbrook connected to his first appearance via Zoom from the jail on Friday afternoon.

Law enforcement has started to release more details about what happened at the Maine Mall Wednesday afternoon when one man was shot in a bathroom near the food court and taken to the hospital. South Portland police held a news conference Thursday morning to discuss the investigation.

Police are looking for 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad, who they say is the suspect in Wednesday afternoon's shooting at the Maine Mall in South Portland.

There is an update on that man wanted for allegedly shooting someone at a mall in South Portland, Maine on Wednesday.

Police have identified the suspect wanted in connection with a shooting at the Maine Mall in South Portland on Wednesday.

Police have identified the man wanted in connection with a brazen daytime shooting at the Maine Mall in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday.

Responding officers entered the Maine Mall food court and found a man in his late 20s suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper leg. Ahern said mall security staff had already a

The South Portland Police Department (SPPD) has identified the suspect in the Maine Mall shooting that occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 5. Police are searching for Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20,