Shocked and fearful Maine residents are keeping to their homes for a second night as hundreds of police and FBI agents search intently for Robert Card, a U.S. Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar. Wednesday’s attack in Lewiston was the worst mass killing in state history.
Several FBI agents and other heavily armed officers gathered Thursday afternoon off a road in Maine where several relatives of shooting suspect Robert Card live. Authorities have launched a multistate search on land and water for the U.S. Army reservist. Several FBI agents and other heavily armed officers gathered Thursday afternoon off a road in Maine where several relatives of shooting suspect Robert Card live. Authorities have launched a multistate search on land and water for the U.S.
Several homes were being searched and every lead pursued in the hunt for Card, a 40-year-old with firearms instructor training. Authorities said he should be considered armed and dangerous and not approached. A law enforcement officer blocks a road in Bowdoin, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, during a manhunt for the suspect of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
As authorities searched for Card, details about his recent behavior emerged. Card underwent a mental health evaluation in mid-July after he began acting erratically while with his reserve regiment, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. A neighbor, Dave Letarte, said Card’s family let them deer hunt on their property and were kind, although Letarte said he noticed Card appeared to have mental problems for a while.
Three of the 13 people wounded in the shootings were in critical condition and five were hospitalized but stable, Central Maine Medical Center officials said. Less than 15 minutes later, numerous 911 calls started coming in from Schemengees Bar and Grille a few miles away.
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