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  • Mass shooting hits multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 25 22:03:54 2023
    Mass shooting hits multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine

    At least 20 people are believed to be dead and dozens more have been
    injured.
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    A suspect is not yet in custody and an active manhunt is underway.
    Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office shared a photo of the alleged
    gunman on Facebook Wednesday evening, asking for identification help
    via messenger or email.

    https://abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/active-shooter-situation-lewiston-maine-police/story?id=104316902

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 26 19:07:36 2023
    Police identify 40-year-old man as person of interest in mass shooting
    in Lewiston, Maine

    The man suspected of fatally shooting more than a dozen people in
    Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night is still at large, police said
    Thursday, as his family urged him to turn himself in.

    Law enforcement officials are looking for Robert Card, 40, whom they
    said is considered armed and dangerous.

    Card, a firearms instructor and a longtime Army reservist, began to
    hear voices that were saying "horrible" things about him about a
    couple of months ago when he was fitted for high-powered hearing aids, according to Katie Card, who is married to his brother.

    She said his mental health had deteriorated quickly.

    "He was picking up voices that he had never heard," she told NBC News.
    "His mind was twisting them around. He was humiliated by the things
    that he thought were being said."
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    Card is accused of killing at least 18 people and injuring many others
    at a bar and bowling alley, police said.
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    Liam Kent, 24, told NBC News that he grew up about a mile away from
    Card's family and would occasionally see him around town.

    Kent said the family is well known in the area and operates a
    construction business and described them as "Second Amendment
    enthusiasts" who embrace a "'don't tread on me' mindset."

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lewiston-maine-shooting-robert-card-what-know-rcna122262

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 28 06:22:18 2023
    The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a
    bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead Friday from
    a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had
    the state on edge.

    Robert Card, a firearms instructor who grew up in the area, was found
    dead in nearby Lisbon Falls, Gov. Janet Mills said at a Friday night
    news conference.

    https://apnews.com/article/maine-shooting-lewiston-fed5ab0aaee9d7d4c0f0fccb3d301bb7

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 28 10:55:58 2023
    Suspected gunman in Lewiston, Maine, shootings found dead at recycling
    center

    Body found at recycling center where Card worked, ABC News reports
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    Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said
    Saturday morning that Card's body was found at about 7:45 p.m. Friday
    inside of a box trailer located in an overflow parking lot for the
    Maine Recycling Corporation at 61 Capital Ave. in Lisbon.

    https://www.wcvb.com/article/robert-card-found-dead-lewiston-maine-shooting/45670348

    Liam Kent, a Maine resident who is familiar with Robert Card, the
    person of interest in the Lewiston shootings, said that Card and his
    family are "gun fanatics." He also went on to claim that people around
    town knew to "stay away" from the family.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e85YhWMFuI&ab_channel=NBCNews

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Oct 29 04:31:06 2023
    On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 10:55:58 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:


    Liam Kent, a Maine resident who is familiar with Robert Card, the
    person of interest in the Lewiston shootings, said that Card and his
    family are "gun fanatics." He also went on to claim that people around
    town knew to "stay away" from the family.

    Unfortunately, no matter how carefully you stay away, nuts with guns
    often come to you. Imagine the folks killed had just gone out for a
    beer and/or some bowling.

    The dude had mental issues, but was able to buy guns. And now that all
    the red flags are being revisited, lots of officials are discussing how
    he 'fell through the cracks.' Bullshit, they screwed up.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sun Oct 29 05:28:28 2023
    On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 04:31:06 -0400, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    The dude had mental issues,


    Not defending his actions, but when I hear this,

    "...people around town knew to "stay away" from the family."

    he hit three different places with bullets...maybe had a hero complex
    (firearm instructor & longtime Army reservist) but was apparently
    rejected in his community, I'd say there is more to this story.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 29 06:03:08 2023
    Maine Sheriff Says He Sent Statewide Alert About Gunman Last Month

    The sheriff said the gunman had made threats against the Army base
    where he was assigned, prompting an alert to all law enforcement
    agencies in the state weeks before the mass shooting.

    A sheriff in Maine says he sent an alert to all law enforcement
    agencies in the state last month after learning that an Army reservist
    had made threats against his base, a notification that came weeks
    before the reservist fatally shot 18 people in America's deadliest
    mass shooting this year.

    Sheriff Joel Merry of Sagadahoc County said he sent the alert sometime
    in September in an effort to find the reservist, Robert R. Card II,
    40, who was said to have made threats regarding the Army Reserve
    center in Saco, Maine. He said he sent a deputy to Mr. Card's home but
    that the deputy did not find him there, prompting the sheriff to send
    out the notice.

    The revelation is the strongest sign yet that law enforcement was
    aware that Mr. Card was a potential danger before he carried out a
    rampage at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Wednesday night.

    "The guys, from what I know, paid due diligence to this and did
    attempt to locate Mr. Card and they couldn't," Sheriff Merry said in
    an interview on Saturday night.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/us/maine-gunman-army-threats.html

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