Local News The Lewiston shootings killed 18 people, wounded 13 and sent the city into a lockdown until the gunman’s body was discovered two days later. Community members gather Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, during a candlelight vigil in Auburn, Maine. AP Photo/Matt York By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press November 8, 2023 | 2:38 PM PORTLAND, … [Read more…]
Local News The conclusion was announced a week after his body was discovered in the back of a tractor-trailer on the property of his former employer at a recycling center. A member of law enforcement walks with a police dog outside a property on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Hundreds of … [Read more…]
Local News Shortcomings in mental health treatment, weak laws and a reluctance to threaten personal liberties can derail even concerted attempts to thwart mass shootings. Caution tape near the location in Lisbon, Maine, where officials found the body of the gunman in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Oct. 27, 2023. Hilary Swift/The … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
Local News Sean Dyment, 23, of Canton, Maine was shot by deputies from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office as they talked with a resident outside the Rumford police station about a vehicle that the person said had been following them. By Associated Press October 31, 2023 | 1:33 PM Deaf family grieves father of 4 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]