Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army marksman with survival skills, had acted “violently” towards co-workers at a recycling plant, a colleague said.
had previously exhibited highly disturbing behavior on the job, a former coworker said, supporting claims by the man’s family that he had been suffering from “acute” mental health issues., of Bowdoin, on Thursday after he allegedly opened fire at a bowling alley and then a bar in Lewiston on Wednesday evening.
He was reportedly a trained firearms instructor and, according to Clifford Steeves, who served alongside Card in the early 2000s, was one of the best shooters in their unit., adding that he never witnessed any concerning behavior from Card, who he described as a “very nice guy—very quiet.” He had recently began wearing powerful hearing aids to combat hearing loss. Since then, Card said her brother-in-law has been insisting to his family that he could hear people bashing him—including at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grill, where he’s accused of gunning down 18 people.
Bowen, who worked with Card at the recycling plant roughly a year ago, said he at first seemed “pretty down-to-earth.” But after Bowen was assigned to assist another driver, he began hearing from colleagues who had serious concerns about Card.
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