The Military reservist who opened hearth in a bowling alley after which at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 individuals, was discovered lifeless Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state on edge.Robert Card, 40, a firearms teacher who grew up within the space, was discovered lifeless in close by Lisbon Falls, Gov. Janet Mills stated at a Friday evening information convention.“Like many individuals, I’m respiration a sigh of reduction tonight understanding that Robert Card is now not a menace to anybody,” Mills stated.Commissioner of Maine Division of Public Security Mike Sauschuck stated Card was discovered at 7:45 p.m. close to the Androscoggin River, about 8 miles southeast of the place the second capturing occurred Wednesday night. He declined to expose the situation however an official advised The Related Press the physique was at a recycling heart from which Card just lately was fired.The official was not licensed to debate particulars of the investigation publicly and spoke on situation of anonymity.Leo Madden, who stated he ran Maine Recycling Corp. for many years, stated Card had labored there for a few years however stated he could not recall the dates and did not know if Card was “fired or didn’t present up.””He was a superb worker,” Madden advised the AP, including that nothing in regards to the man stood out to him whereas he was an worker.Mills stated she had known as President Joe Biden to alert him that Card was lifeless.“Tonight we’re grateful that Lewiston and surrounding communities are protected after spending excruciating days hiding of their properties,” Biden stated in a press release. He added that “Individuals mustn’t should stay like this” and known as on Congress to take motion on gun violence.Video beneath: Aid in Maine after mass capturing suspect Robert Card discovered deadVictims identifiedEarlier Friday, the names and photos of the 16 males and a pair of females who died had been launched as State Public Security Commissioner Mike Sauschuck requested for a second of silence at a information convention. Their ages ranged from 14 to 76.The victims embody:Ronald G. Morin, 55Peyton Brewer Ross, 40Joshua A. Seal, 36Bryan M. MacFarlane, 41Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57Arthur Fred Strout, 42Maxx A. Hathaway, 35Stephen M. Vozzella, 45Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34Michael R. Desiauriers II, 51Jason Adam Walker, 51Tricia C. Asselin, 53William A. Younger, 44Aaron Younger, 14Robert E. Violette, 76Lucille M. Violette, 73William Frank Brackett, 48Keith D. Macneir, 64 Auburn Metropolis Councilor Leroy Walker advised media shops that his son, Joe, a supervisor on the bar and grille, died going after the gunman with a butcher knife. Peyton Brewer-Ross was a devoted pipefitter at Bathtub Iron Works whose dying leaves a gaping void within the lives of his associate, younger daughter and associates, members of his union stated.Bob Violette, was a retiree who was teaching a youth bowling league and was described as devoted, approachable and type. His spouse, Lucille, 73, was additionally killed. Peyton Brewer-Ross was a devoted pipefitter at Bathtub Iron Works whose dying leaves a gaping void within the lives of his associate, younger daughter and associates, members of his union stated.The supervisor of the youth bowling league vowed that the league would survive regardless of the devastating grief members had been feeling.The Maine Academic Middle for the Deaf stated the shootings killed at the least 4 members of their neighborhood, a lot of whom had been ardent advocates for the deaf and laborious of listening to.Video above: What we all know in regards to the victimsWhat we all know in regards to the suspectCard, of Bowdoin, Maine, was a U.S. Military reservist who underwent a psychological well being analysis in mid-July after he started performing erratically throughout coaching, a U.S. official advised The Related Press.Card had been sought because the Wednesday evening shootings, and homicide warrants had been issued in opposition to him.A bulletin despatched to police throughout the nation shortly after the assault stated Card had been dedicated to a psychological well being facility for 2 weeks this previous summer time after “listening to voices and threats to shoot up” a army base.A U.S. official stated Card was coaching with the Military Reserve’s third Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment in West Level, New York, when commanders grew to become involved about him.State police took Card to the Keller Military Neighborhood Hospital at West Level for analysis, based on the official, who was not licensed to publicly focus on the knowledge and spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity.Authorities had scoured the woods and a whole bunch of acres of family-owned property, despatched dive groups with sonar to the underside of a river and scrutinized a doable suicide word Friday within the second day of their intensive seek for Card.Authorities lifted their shelter in place order Friday night, almost 48 hours after the shootings. Intensive search involves an endLaw enforcement officers had stated they hadn’t seen suspect Card since his car was left at a ship ramp Wednesday shortly after the shootings.Authorities say Card, who has firearms coaching, opened hearth on the bar and a bowling alley Wednesday in Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest metropolis.The town held a web-based vigil Friday evening with native clergy members, prayer and music. Residents expressed their shock and ache in chat postings, describing themselves as indignant, grieving, drained and heartbroken. These watching at residence had been urged to mild candles.One poster, Victoria, wrote: “I misplaced 2 people who I cared actually about and a detailed household pal that’s at present combating for his life in ICU. My coronary heart’s shattered.”Police and different legislation enforcement officers had been noticed in a number of areas across the area on Friday. Divers searched the water close to a ship launch in Lisbon, and a farming enterprise in the identical city. At factors all through the day, police autos had been seen dashing by a number of cities, lights flashing and sirens blaring.A gun was present in Card’s automobile, which was found at a ship ramp, and federal brokers had been testing it to find out if it was used within the capturing, two legislation enforcement officers advised The Related Press. The officers weren’t licensed to publicly focus on particulars of the investigation and spoke to the AP on the situation of anonymity. Authorities have stated publicly that the shooter used at the least one rifle. They haven’t launched some other particulars, together with how the suspect obtained the firearm.Authorities discovered a suicide word at a house related to Card on Thursday that was addressed to his son, the legislation enforcement officers stated. They stated it didn’t present any particular motive for the capturing. Authorities additionally recovered Card’s cellphone within the residence, making a search extra difficult as a result of authorities routinely use telephones to trace suspects, the officers stated.Federal brokers performed a number of searches of properties related to Card on Thursday, accumulating a lot of gadgets, together with electronics, the officers stated. Investigators are additionally analyzing Card’s monetary info and reviewing his social media posts, writings and his psychological well being historical past, they stated.The Playing cards have lived in Bowdoin for generations, neighbors stated, and numerous family members personal a whole bunch of acres within the space. The household owned the native sawmill and years in the past donated the land for a neighborhood church.“That is his stomping floor,” Richard Goddard, who lives on the street the place a search came about on Thursday, stated of the suspect. “He is aware of each ledge to cover behind, each thicket.”Relations of Card advised federal investigators that he had just lately mentioned listening to voices and have become extra centered on the bowling alley and bar, based on the legislation enforcement officers who spoke on situation of anonymity. When he was hospitalized in July in New York, Card had advised army officers he had been listening to voices and stated he needed to hurt different troopers, the officers stated.Police stated Thursday that Card can be charged with 18 counts of homicide. The assaults shocked a state of only one.3 million people who has one of many nation’s lowest murder charges: 29 killings in all of 2022. Gov. Janet Mills stated Friday that many Maine residents will know somebody who died.“It’s usually stated that our state is ‘one large, small city’ as a result of Maine is such a close-knit neighborhood. In consequence, many people know the victims personally, together with me,” she stated in a press release. “Tonight, I ask Maine individuals to hitch me in studying their tales, studying who they had been, celebrating them as beloved individuals, and mourning them as irreplaceable.” The shootings mark the thirty sixth mass killing in america this yr, based on a database maintained by The Related Press and USA In the present day in partnership with Northeastern College.___Associated Press journalists Jake Bleiberg in Portland; Robert Bukaty and Robert Bumsted in Lewiston; David R. Martin in Bowdoin; Michael Balsamo in New York; Darlene Superville and Lolita Baldor in Washington, D.C.; Michael Casey in Boston; Kathy McCormack in Harmony, New Hampshire; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, and Related Press researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
The Military reservist who opened hearth in a bowling alley after which at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 individuals, was discovered lifeless Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state on edge.
Robert Card, 40, a firearms teacher who grew up within the space, was discovered lifeless in close by Lisbon Falls, Gov. Janet Mills stated at a Friday evening information convention.
“Like many individuals, I’m respiration a sigh of reduction tonight understanding that Robert Card is now not a menace to anybody,” Mills stated.
Commissioner of Maine Division of Public Security Mike Sauschuck stated Card was discovered at 7:45 p.m. close to the Androscoggin River, about 8 miles southeast of the place the second capturing occurred Wednesday night. He declined to expose the situation however an official advised The Related Press the physique was at a recycling heart from which Card just lately was fired.
The official was not licensed to debate particulars of the investigation publicly and spoke on situation of anonymity.
Leo Madden, who stated he ran Maine Recycling Corp. for many years, stated Card had labored there for a few years however stated he could not recall the dates and did not know if Card was “fired or didn’t present up.”
“He was a superb worker,” Madden advised the AP, including that nothing in regards to the man stood out to him whereas he was an worker.
Mills stated she had known as President Joe Biden to alert him that Card was lifeless.
“Tonight we’re grateful that Lewiston and surrounding communities are protected after spending excruciating days hiding of their properties,” Biden stated in a press release. He added that “Individuals mustn’t should stay like this” and known as on Congress to take motion on gun violence.
Video beneath: Aid in Maine after mass capturing suspect Robert Card discovered lifeless
Victims recognized
Earlier Friday, the names and photos of the 16 males and a pair of females who died had been launched as State Public Security Commissioner Mike Sauschuck requested for a second of silence at a information convention. Their ages ranged from 14 to 76.
- Ronald G. Morin, 55
- Peyton Brewer Ross, 40
- Joshua A. Seal, 36
- Bryan M. MacFarlane, 41
- Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57
- Arthur Fred Strout, 42
- Maxx A. Hathaway, 35
- Stephen M. Vozzella, 45
- Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34
- Michael R. Desiauriers II, 51
- Jason Adam Walker, 51
- Tricia C. Asselin, 53
- William A. Younger, 44
- Aaron Younger, 14
- Robert E. Violette, 76
- Lucille M. Violette, 73
- William Frank Brackett, 48
- Keith D. Macneir, 64
Auburn Metropolis Councilor Leroy Walker advised media shops that his son, Joe, a supervisor on the bar and grille, died going after the gunman with a butcher knife. Peyton Brewer-Ross was a devoted pipefitter at Bathtub Iron Works whose dying leaves a gaping void within the lives of his associate, younger daughter and associates, members of his union stated.
Bob Violette, was a retiree who was teaching a youth bowling league and was described as devoted, approachable and type. His spouse, Lucille, 73, was additionally killed. Peyton Brewer-Ross was a devoted pipefitter at Bathtub Iron Works whose dying leaves a gaping void within the lives of his associate, younger daughter and associates, members of his union stated.
The supervisor of the youth bowling league vowed that the league would survive regardless of the devastating grief members had been feeling.
The Maine Academic Middle for the Deaf stated the shootings killed at the least 4 members of their neighborhood, a lot of whom had been ardent advocates for the deaf and laborious of listening to.
Video above: What we all know in regards to the victims
What we all know in regards to the suspect
Card, of Bowdoin, Maine, was a U.S. Military reservist who underwent a psychological well being analysis in mid-July after he started performing erratically throughout coaching, a U.S. official advised The Related Press.
Card had been sought because the Wednesday evening shootings, and homicide warrants had been issued in opposition to him.
A bulletin despatched to police throughout the nation shortly after the assault stated Card had been dedicated to a psychological well being facility for 2 weeks this previous summer time after “listening to voices and threats to shoot up” a army base.
A U.S. official stated Card was coaching with the Military Reserve’s third Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment in West Level, New York, when commanders grew to become involved about him.
State police took Card to the Keller Military Neighborhood Hospital at West Level for analysis, based on the official, who was not licensed to publicly focus on the knowledge and spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity.
Authorities had scoured the woods and a whole bunch of acres of family-owned property, despatched dive groups with sonar to the underside of a river and scrutinized a doable suicide word Friday within the second day of their intensive seek for Card.
Authorities lifted their shelter in place order Friday night, almost 48 hours after the shootings.
Intensive search involves an finish
Legislation enforcement officers had stated they hadn’t seen suspect Card since his car was left at a ship ramp Wednesday shortly after the shootings.
Authorities say Card, who has firearms coaching, opened hearth on the bar and a bowling alley Wednesday in Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest metropolis.
The town held a web-based vigil Friday evening with native clergy members, prayer and music. Residents expressed their shock and ache in chat postings, describing themselves as indignant, grieving, drained and heartbroken. These watching at residence had been urged to mild candles.
One poster, Victoria, wrote: “I misplaced 2 people who I cared actually about and a detailed household pal that’s at present combating for his life in ICU. My coronary heart’s shattered.”
Police and different legislation enforcement officers had been noticed in a number of areas across the area on Friday. Divers searched the water close to a ship launch in Lisbon, and a farming enterprise in the identical city. At factors all through the day, police autos had been seen dashing by a number of cities, lights flashing and sirens blaring.
A gun was present in Card’s automobile, which was found at a ship ramp, and federal brokers had been testing it to find out if it was used within the capturing, two legislation enforcement officers advised The Related Press. The officers weren’t licensed to publicly focus on particulars of the investigation and spoke to the AP on the situation of anonymity. Authorities have stated publicly that the shooter used at the least one rifle. They haven’t launched some other particulars, together with how the suspect obtained the firearm.
Authorities discovered a suicide word at a house related to Card on Thursday that was addressed to his son, the legislation enforcement officers stated. They stated it didn’t present any particular motive for the capturing. Authorities additionally recovered Card’s cellphone within the residence, making a search extra difficult as a result of authorities routinely use telephones to trace suspects, the officers stated.
Federal brokers performed a number of searches of properties related to Card on Thursday, accumulating a lot of gadgets, together with electronics, the officers stated. Investigators are additionally analyzing Card’s monetary info and reviewing his social media posts, writings and his psychological well being historical past, they stated.
The Playing cards have lived in Bowdoin for generations, neighbors stated, and numerous family members personal a whole bunch of acres within the space. The household owned the native sawmill and years in the past donated the land for a neighborhood church.
“That is his stomping floor,” Richard Goddard, who lives on the street the place a search came about on Thursday, stated of the suspect. “He is aware of each ledge to cover behind, each thicket.”
Relations of Card advised federal investigators that he had just lately mentioned listening to voices and have become extra centered on the bowling alley and bar, based on the legislation enforcement officers who spoke on situation of anonymity. When he was hospitalized in July in New York, Card had advised army officers he had been listening to voices and stated he needed to hurt different troopers, the officers stated.
Police stated Thursday that Card can be charged with 18 counts of homicide.
The assaults shocked a state of only one.3 million people who has one of many nation’s lowest murder charges: 29 killings in all of 2022. Gov. Janet Mills stated Friday that many Maine residents will know somebody who died.
“It’s usually stated that our state is ‘one large, small city’ as a result of Maine is such a close-knit neighborhood. In consequence, many people know the victims personally, together with me,” she stated in a press release. “Tonight, I ask Maine individuals to hitch me in studying their tales, studying who they had been, celebrating them as beloved individuals, and mourning them as irreplaceable.”
The shootings mark the thirty sixth mass killing in america this yr, based on a database maintained by The Related Press and USA In the present day in partnership with Northeastern College.
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Related Press journalists Jake Bleiberg in Portland; Robert Bukaty and Robert Bumsted in Lewiston; David R. Martin in Bowdoin; Michael Balsamo in New York; Darlene Superville and Lolita Baldor in Washington, D.C.; Michael Casey in Boston; Kathy McCormack in Harmony, New Hampshire; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, and Related Press researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
