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Watch: Warning signs missed before Maine mass shooting
Reporter Hanna Krueger explains the red flags that the shooter’s family members and colleagues gave before the rampage. The post Watch: Warning signs missed before Maine mass shooting appeared first on Boston.com.
GoFundMe started for Maine teen recovering at Boston hospital after Lewiston shooting
Local News Gavin Robitaille, 16, was at the bowling alley Just-In-Time Recreation when Robert Card attacked the venue as well as a restaurant last week. The Maine teen is reportedly in good condition. Erin Clark / The Boston Globe A teen from Maine is recovering at a Massachusetts hospital after being injured in the mass […]
Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre.
Crime The questions about how Robert Card was able to own guns underscore the difficulty in seizing guns from potentially dangerous people with mental illness. Lucy Allard, 5, and her brother Zeke Allard, 8, plant crosses in honor of the victims of this week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. The residents […]
Maine gunman disclosed he had mental health issues, gun shop owner says
Local News Questions over Card’s mental health and his access to firearms have been a key issue in the investigation into the mass shooting, during which Card killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a bowling alley and a bar. Law enforcement officers outside of Schemengees Bar & Grill the morning after a mass […]
Maine police were alerted weeks ago about shooter’s threats
National News “He slipped through the cracks,” said Jody Madeira, an Indiana University law professor who has studied gun laws. “There were warning signs.” Law enforcement continue a manhunt in the aftermath of a mass shooting, in Durham, Maine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023..Authorities are scouring hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sending dive teams to […]
Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say
National News Investigators are still searching for a motive for the massacre, but have increasingly been focused on Robert Card’s mental health history. A police officer keeps watch during a manhunt at a farm for the suspect in this week’s deadly mass shootings, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. Police are still searching for […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]