A Bangor woman accused of fatally shooting a man in April pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.
Olivia Babin, 20, entered her plea during an in-person hearing Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court. She also pleaded not guilty in two other misdemeanor cases on charges of criminal threatening and theft.
Babin is accused of fatally shooting Daniel Ford-Coates, 24, on April 2 at an apartment on Highland Avenue, near the intersection with Ohio Street. A grand jury indicted her for manslaughter May 29.
Around 25 people attended the hearing in support of Ford-Coates, with multiple people wearing shirts that said “Danny Forever 2024” with photos of him. Babin’s mother was also in attendance.
Audio from a surveillance video captured the moment prosecutors say Ford-Coates was fatally shot. A single gunshot can be heard on the video, followed by a woman yelling two expletives and saying “You’re not dead” multiple times, according to a video obtained by the New York Post. The woman can also be heard yelling “What do I do?”
The Maine attorney general’s office previously said it had audio from a surveillance video because a window was open in the apartment where the shooting happened.
Babin is in the Penobscot County Jail on $100,000 cash bail, which she has not posted. Future court dates are not yet scheduled.
