Officials on Monday released a detailed timeline and documents showing numerous concerns surrounded the gunman before he killed 18 people in Maine.
In addition to his own relatives, law enforcement officials and government agencies also expressed anxiety about Robert Cardlast week in Lewiston, Maine.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, which serves the area that includes Bowdoin, on Monday released the most detailed timeline yet regarding prior law enforcement alerts concerning the gunman. The sheriff’s office also released records that illustrated the concerns shared by people around Card, along with other documents showing how deputies had tried to reach him and asked other law enforcement officials to also watch for him.
The co-owner of Coastal Defense Firearms declined further comment Monday, referring a reporter to the ABC story.According to Merry’s statement and documents released Monday, a sheriff’s deputy in Sagadahoc visited Card’s home on back-to-back days that month after receiving an email from his Army unit asking that they check on him.
officials to keep an eye out for Card. The alert, a copy of which the sheriff’s office released, made clear that there was a danger involved in approaching him. On Sept. 16, a deputy from Sagadahoc returned to Card’s residence accompanied by another deputy from neighboring Kennebec County. Card’s car was there, Merry said, but no one answered the door when they knocked multiple times.
The deputy asked the family to reach back out if they believed Card posed a danger to himself or others, or needed an evaluation, according to Merry.
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