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Authorities searched recycling center twice before Maine shooting suspect’s body was found
National News Maine State Police described a “mental health component” to the shootings but said suspect Robert Card was never involuntarily committed for mental health treatment. Maine State Police Commissioner Mike Sauschuck addresses the press on Saturday morning following the discovery of Robert Card’s body on Friday night. Card, the suspect in the Maine mass […]
Israeli defense minister says the Gaza war has entered a new stage with an expanded ground operation
World News The military released grainy images Saturday showing tank columns moving slowly in open areas of Gaza. Friends and relatives of Roi Popplewell mourn during his funeral at Kibbutz Yagur near Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) AP By ISABEL DEBRE, JULIA FRANKEL and SAM MAGDY, Associated Press October 28, […]
Worcester State University issues shelter-in-place alert after shooting incident
Local News The school will be closed Saturday. All events on and off campus have been canceled, according to the university’s website. Worcester State University issued a shelter-in-place alert at 2:49 a.m. Saturday morning after a double-shooting, according to officials. “Immediately proceed to a secure location on the interior of the building. Please do not […]
When a man began shooting in Maine, some froze while others ran. Now they’re left with questions
Local News “Why the bowling alley?” Tammy Asselin said. “Why us? Why good people? And that’s what we don’t know.” Toni Asselin, who was at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley with her mother, Tammy Asselin, during the recent mass shooting, listens to her mother speak during an interview in Lewiston, Maine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. […]
Boston University police investigating 2 reported sexual assaults
Local News Two students reported separate incidents on Thursday night of being inappropriately touched by a person on a bicycle. Blake Nissen/ Boston Globe Boston University Police issued an alert on Friday after two students reported separate incidents of being sexually assaulted by a person on a bicycle on Thursday night. Police said the first […]
Search for Maine shooting suspect leveraged old-fashioned footwork and new technology
Local News Here is a look at the agencies involved and the resources they used in the search for Robert Card. Law enforcement officers depart a scene in an armored vehicle after investigating a location, in Bowdoin, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Residents have been ordered to shelter in place as police continue to search […]
Police: Autopsies confirm bodies found in Vt. are 2 missing Mass. men
Local News Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, were both murdered, according to police. Police have confirmed that the bodies of Eric White (left) and Jahim Solomon (right), both 21, have been found in Vermont. Vermont State Police Authorities have confirmed that the bodies found this week in Vermont are […]
Law enforcement official tells Associated Press that Maine mass killing suspect has been found dead
National News Card had been sought since the Wednesday night shootings, and murder warrants were issued against him. Law enforcement was attempting to locate Robert Card as a person of interest. Facebook LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting 18 people and wounding 13 in Maine has been found dead. […]
Police: Woman, 23, found dead in Vermont IDed, death treated as ‘suspicious’
Local News Tanairy “Tanya” Velazquez Estrada, 23, was found dead Wednesday in the town of Washington. Vermont police have identified the woman whose body was found earlier this week and whose death is being treated as suspicious. Tanairy “Tanya” Velazquez Estrada, 23, most recently of Barre, Vermont, was found dead Wednesday in the town of […]
Here’s what ER doctors face after a mass shooting
Health “The challenge for all of us is that we see things that are horrible. … You see these wounds — destructive wounds — and injuries that change people’s lives.” Trisha Bell, system director of emergency services at Central Maine Healthcare, speaks to her staff while working in the emergency department at Central Maine Medical […]