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is underway for an Army reservist who officials say shot and killed 18 people at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine.
Robert Card is alleged to have opened fire at Schemengees Bar and Grille and the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley Wednesday evening in Lewiston, a city of around 37,000.An arrest warrant had been issued for Card for eight counts of murder, Maine State Police said Thursday morning. The eight counts had been based on the identification of eight of the 18 dead, and the number of counts will probably go up, state police Col. William Ross.
Lifelong Lewiston resident Annette Roy told NBC News earlier this afternoon that Card should turn himself in.Roy, whose husband is a hunter, added: “Tomorrow is hunting season. So if out in the woods, those people that hunt deer, it is deer season, and they’re going to be looking for .”Authorities today left open the possibility the suspect in Wednesday night's mass shooting could have fled the area in a boat or vehicle.
"All possibilities are open to us," he said in response to a question about the chances of the suspect getting away in a boat or vehicle."We continue to work those things." Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck went over the timeline during an early evening news conference in which he praised first responders for being swift.
She noted that she lost a friend, Josh Seal,"who Maine people fondly remember from his service as an ASL interpreter during our COVID-19 briefings.” With no obvious motive for Card to allegedly open fire at the bar, the man added that Wednesday was a packed league night, and Card would have likely realized that:"I think he was out to make havoc."
The order was intended to keep people out of harm's way and avoid false sightings as they searched for the suspect, but today, as law enforcement sources said the trail has gone cold and sightings of the suspect have been nil, the order was rescinded. The three sources said additional resources were coming to the Lewiston area so that local law enforcement — the Lewiston Police Department has 17 sworn officers whose shifts are normally rotated to create days off — can get a rest.
14 victims — nearly all of those who survived the shooting on Wednesday — were brought to the medical center. Of those, eight patients were admitted and three died after arriving there. “Maine Resident Only Day” serves as the kickoff to the busiest stretch of the state’s popular deer hunting season. When asked if the shelter-in-place order will remain for the weekend, McGee said: “That’s fluid. That can change at a moment’s notice.”Dr. Richard King, a trauma doctor at Central Maine Medical Center, described the “shocking” injuries he’s been treating in response to the Lewiston shootings, calling the wounds from “high velocity rounds” just “devastating.”
"We clearly don’t have him located at this point. We don’t have him in custody. So all of those options are on the table. We certainly don’t want to wait too long because the river is a big piece of this," Michael Sauschuck, with Maine’s Department of Public Safety, said at today's briefing. Michael Sauschuck, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety, said Friday:"I'm not gonna talk about who knew what and when," instead saying he'd focus on the search efforts.
“He was a husband, a father of four and a tireless advocate for the Deaf community. He was committed to creating safe space for Deaf people and was widely known as the ASL interpreter for Dr. Shah’s pandemic briefings,” the statement said, referring to former director of Maine CDC Nirav D. Shah.Lewiston officials will hold a news briefing at 10 this morning to provide updates on the search for Robert Card.
Robert Card is someone with survival skills and knowledge of the wooded areas throughout Maine, and is considered armed and dangerous. “Due to the devastating impact this event has had on our staff, students, and families, as well as our community’s safety, I decided to close school for students and all staff again on Friday, October 27,” Potenziano said in a statement.
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