Authorites on Friday continued their investigations at a bar in Maine, as well as a bowling alley, where multiple people were shot and killed.
A body is wheeled out on a stretcher at Schemengees Bar and Grille, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. The restaurant was the site of one of the two mass shootings in Lewiston on Wednesday. Eight people were murdered at Schemengees Bar & Grille, while seven were killed at at Just-In-Time, a bowling alley.saw police working the scene at Schemengees, which is in Lewiston, and still an active crime scene.
This is all while authorities are still searching for the suspect, 40-year-old Robert Card. He is accused of shooting and killing 18 people, as well as hurting 13 others. Officials said gunfire started Wednesday at 6:56 p.m. at Just-In-Time. Twelve minutes later, dispatchers received another 911 call about Schemenges.The victim’s father, Leroy Walker, a councilman in Maine, spoke to the media about his son.
He picked up a butcher knife and went after the gunman to try and stop him from killing other people,” Leroy Walker said. “And that’s when he shot my son to death. He tried to save some more lives, and he ended up losing his life.”Card, a U.S. Army reservist, has been on the loose for more than 36 hours.Police spent several hours in the suspect's hometown of Bowdoin Thursday night. They were there executing search warrants looking for Card at a family home. They did not find him.
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