Card is believed to be perpetrator of rampage on Wednesday that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded in a bowling alley and a bar-restaurant in northeastern American state.
The suspect in a mass shooting in the US state of Maine has been found dead after a two-day manhunt that mobilised hundreds of law enforcement agents to find the culprit in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year.
Card is believed to be the perpetrator of a rampage on Wednesday evening that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded in a bowling alley and a bar-restaurant in thi s hard-scrabble city in the northeastern state of Maine."I'm breathing a sigh of relief tonight knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone," governor Janet Mills told a hastily called news conference.
US media said Card's body, found in Lisbon Falls, southeast of Lewiston, was in a wooded area near a recycling centre that was his place of employment before he lost his job there. Earlier on Friday, authorities said they were chasing down more than 530 tips and leads on Card's possible whereabouts.
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