Affidavit: Argument that led to fatal Berwick shooting was over some stolen clothes

Daniel Lafrenier,(York County Jail); inset, Mark Forest (Courtesy)

ALFRED, Maine - The Rochester man accused in a fatal shooting in Berwick last month said "Sorry" to his mom after a single gunshot rang out killing a Berwick man, according to details of an affidavit obtained Friday by The Rochester Voice.
Daniel Lafrenier, 31, who pleaded not guilty at his Thursday arraignment, had gone to the house on Katabel Lane the morning of Jan. 12 after his mom, Luann Lafrenier, phoned him to ask him to come get her because Mark Forest was threatening her with violence over some stolen clothes, according to the affidavit written by State Police Detective Michael Chavez.
Soon after Daniel Lafrenier arrived he started to argue with Forest and others and ultimately pointed a handgun at Forest's head, according to the affidavit, which stated that Forest tried to push the gun away or grab it.
"Sorry," Daniel Lafrenier said to his mother, saying that the gun had "gone off," Chavez wrote.
Luann Lafrenier later told police she heard a bang and then heard a witness yell, "There's blood everywhere," Chavez wrote.
Berwick police responded to the scene around 8 a.m. to find Forest with a gunshot wound to the head.
He was taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., where he succumbed to his injuries.
Lafrenier, was taken into custody by York Police the afternoon of the shooting after they responded to a York Road residence for a report of a break-in and found Lafrenier attempting to gain entry into the house.