NORTH ANSON -- The shooting death of an Anson man Saturday has been ruled a homicide.

After the completion of his autopsy, state police are investigating the death of Everett Cameron, 60, as an intentional killing. Police are not releasing specific details about the cause of his death.

Cameron was found around 4 p.m. Saturday, shot to death inside his pickup truck, which was parked on a woods road off Town Farm Road, near his home.

That day, Cameron had gone deer hunting and returned to his home by early afternoon. He then drove his truck, a 1990 maroon-and-silver Chevrolet, to the small woods road, which leads to a camp, and backed in about 20 feet.

Police estimate that someone shot him around 2 or 2:30 p.m. His girlfriend found him about two hours later.

"A homicide is when one person's life is taken intentionally by another person," said Kate Simmons, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Maine Attorney General. "You have to prove intent."

This is the 14th homicide that the attorney general's office has investigated this year, Simmons said.

The medical examiner's report and the autopsy report are public records and must be released to the public on request. The one exception occurs during homicide cases.

Simmons did not know whether the results would be released before a trial.

So far, police have made no arrests, but they have worked around the clock to collect evidence and interview relatives, friends and neighbors of Cameron.

"The state police and investigators at the attorney general's office are working very hard on this matter. They understand that this is of great concern to the community and will continue to put in their best effort," Simmons said.

A neighbor who requested anonymity said he heard three gunshots Saturday afternoon coming from the direction of the crime scene. He assumed the shots were hunting-related, he said.

Cameron formerly owned a gas station in town and was an avid hunter, said Detective Sgt. James Urquhart, with the Maine State Police.

Cameron was a paver for many years and had three grandchildren, said one of Cameron's family members, related by marriage.

Detectives, game wardens and Somerset County deputies responded to the shooting scene Saturday. Wardens were back at the scene Monday, conducting a search of the nearby woods.

Town Farm Road is off Route 234.

Erin Rhoda -- 474-9534

erhoda@mainetoday.com