{"id":818926,"date":"2026-08-23T17:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/818926\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:33:15","slug":"maine-madman-fired-at-jewish-summer-camp-basketball-court-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/818926\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine madman fired at Jewish summer camp basketball court: docs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Maine madman who opened fire at a Jewish summer camp earlier this month appeared to fire toward the basketball courts \u2014 and sent the kids into terrifying lockdown, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Pascal Cohen, owner of\u00a0Camp Modin, in Belgrade, said neighbor Nathan Hewett, who is accused of the antisemitic attack on Aug. 7, has long been a problem at the camp.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Hewett, 36, allegedly fired a semi-automatic rifle near Jewish summer camp Camp Modin in Belgrade, Maine, on Aug. 7, 2026. Kennebec County Correctional Facility<\/p>\n<p>Hewett, 36, allegedly fired several rounds from a rifle near camp grounds, triggering a lockdown with children as young as 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralmaine.com\/2026\/08\/22\/camp-modin-seeks-protection-order-against-belgrade-man-who-fired-shots-nearby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Central Maine reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A rifle recovered near Camp Modin after the harrowing incident.  Kennebec County Sheriff\u0092s Office<\/p>\n<p>Security guards put on ballistic vests and armed themselves to protect the children.<\/p>\n<p>While Hewett was arrested over the incident, he has since been released on bail, with the neighbor and his father now allegedly harassing employees at the camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe harasses us by coming to the property line and screaming,\u201d a security guard said. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially when he is intoxicated,\u201d security guard Timothy Black wrote in a letter to the Capital Judicial Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe harasses us by coming to the property line and screaming at us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Maine madman who opened fire at a Jewish summer camp earlier this month appeared to fire toward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[69037,7,4593,15469,13801,4486],"class_list":["post-818926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-antisemitism","tag-basketball","tag-maine","tag-shootings","tag-summer-camp","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117146026237631392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}