Mass Shootings in Lewiston, Maine: Suspect Found Dead
An intensive manhunt is over after the US Army reservist accused of killing 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead, authorities said.
Robert Card, 40, was found in the woods near Lisbon, which is about eight miles from Lewiston, the same sources said. This follows a two-day manhunt that prompted shelter-in-place orders and the shutdown of schools and businesses as law enforcement furiously pursued him after Wednesday’s attack at a bowling alley and a restaurant.
It was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since last year’s massacre at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
Gov. Janet Mills speaks during a news conference Friday in which authorities announce that Robert Card, the suspect in Wednesday’s shootings in Lewiston, was found dead.
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Police take aim after people in the area heard a gunshot at a farm in Lisbon on Friday. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/Getty ImagesA screen displays pictures of people killed in the shootings as their names are read during a press conference at Lewiston City Hall on Friday.
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Bouquets of flowers and notes of encouragement are placed outside of the emergency department at Central Maine Medical Center on Friday in Lewiston. The hospital closed their ER and is currently only treating victims from Wednesday night’s shooting in Lewiston. Erin Clark/Globe Staff/Getty ImagesSouthern Maine Regional SWAT team members patrol on Friday near the Lisbon boat launch, where suspect Robert Card abandoned his car.
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Law enforcement officials prepare to search the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls on Friday.
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Tammy Asselin, who was at the Schemengees Bar and Grille with her daughter, Toni, during the shooting, embrace during an interview in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday. Tricia Asselin, one of the victims of the shooting, is Tammy’s cousin, according to the Associated Press. Matt Rourke/APPolice and ATF agents search the Androscoggin River in Lisbon on Friday. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/Getty Images.A couple walks by a banner in Lewiston on Friday. Robert F. Bukaty/APLaw enforcement surround a house in Bowdoin, Maine, as they continue their manhunt on Thursday, October 26.
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A pedestrian crosses a virtually empty street in Portland, Maine, on Thursday. The shootings took place about 36 miles north of the city.
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Law enforcement personnel work outside Schemengees Bar and Grille on Thursday. CJ Gunther/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockLaw enforcement officials prepare at Lisbon High School at daybreak on Thursday, as a manhunt resumes for the suspect in the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.
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Dexter Britton, 9, looks out through a window in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on Thursday. The Lisbon area has been under a shelter in place order since Wednesday night.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills, center, speaks during a news conference at Lewiston City Hall on Thursday.
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A police officer speaks to a driver at a roadblock in Lisbon on Thursday. Robert F. Bukaty/APLaw enforcement officials load into a tactical vehicle at Lisbon High School on Thursday.
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Police officers patrol around the hospital in Lewiston on Thursday. Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesA man and woman embrace at the reunification center at Auburn Middle School in Auburn, Maine, after the mass shootings in Lewiston on Wednesday, October 25.
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Police close Lincoln Street leading to Schemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston. Nicholas Pfosi/ReutersThe rampage began shortly before 7 p.m. and fueled calls for everyone in Lewiston to shelter in place as hundreds of officers searched for the gunman.
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Maria Wilson reacts while speaking to reporters at the reunification center at Auburn Middle School about the unknown status of her loved one on Wednesday.
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Stretchers are lined up outside the emergency room at the Central Maine Medical Center.
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People stand outside the reunification center at Auburn Middle School. Steven Senne/APA helicopter searches an area of Lewiston on Wednesday. Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald/APPeople depart an emergency room entrance at the Central Maine Medical Center. Steven Senne/APA police officer stands guard in front of the Central Maine Medical Center. CJ Gunther/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockPolice respond to the scene in Lewiston. Robert F. Bukaty/AP
