The Maine shooter’s dead body was found by police near the scene that had been searched
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Pingree says that there are a lot of people on the ground and they include a mix of traditional, small town police who are used to looking for lost hikers and hunters as well as “the serious professionals from out of town who unfortunately are used to these kinds of searches.”
The start of deer hunting season on Saturday will complicate those efforts even more. Sauschuck said investigators are talking with local leaders to figure out how to prevent hunters from going to woodsy search sites.
Lewiston and the surrounding area remains under shelter-in-place orders as the search continues. School districts and many local businesses are closed.
Authorities believe Card to be armed, though they haven’t offered any details. Video from the night of the shooting appears to show Card holding a rifle.
It’s questionable how he got the weapon and it’s important to note that he had recently been dealing with mental health issues.
Card, an Army reservist, was at a National Guard training facility in New York over the summer when officials there became concerned about erratic behavior. It’s not known what treatment he received when he was transported to the hospital by the police.
The authorities were unwilling to say whether the warnings about Card’s behavior had been reported to law enforcement. They also declined to say whether Card’s family was cooperating with the investigation.
Law enforcement officers swarmed the perimeter of Card’s home in Bowdoin on Thursday night, surveilling the property with drones and blaring warnings through a bullhorn over the course of some two hours.
As the house came under intense media focus, public safety officials clarified that they did not know for sure whether Card was in the house, but that loudspeaker announcements are standard when executing search warrants.
Sauschuck reiterated on Friday that just because teams are at a particular location doesn’t mean they expect Card to be there too, but they approach those situations as if he could be.
And he sought to temper expectations that any police activity noted in the area should be taken as a sign of hope. If a helicopter is hovering over a building, for example, it doesn’t mean the suspect is inside, he said.
“I think that every minute that this goes on we’re more and more concerned, because what’s the next thing that’s gonna happen?” he said. “Because we understand that, and that’s why we’re working to bring this individual to justice and to bring some sense of security and closure to our community.”
We will continue to fight for justice on their behalf, and that will have an effect on starting the healing process.
She talked about the federal officers being sent into the area, which she said included the team that helped locate the Boston Marathon bomber.
More than 300 law enforcement officers from across the country are participating in the Card search, according to the congressman from Maine’s First District.
Source: Police are searching the river near where the Maine shooting suspect’s car was found
An Emerging Focus of the Search for the Shooting Victim of Robert Card at the Androscoggin River Water Reservoir, Lewiston, Maine
Sauschuck said teams of divers from multiple states will use sonar and other technologies to check the Androscoggin River for evidence, including “potential bodies.” Still, he stressed that investigators do not have firm evidence to suggest the suspect’s body is in the river.
He added that Brookfield Power, the company that operates two dams on the river, is cooperating with investigators and slowing the currents to help with the search.
Officials used a large poster of various aerial maps to highlight areas that investigators will be searching on Friday, though stressed that the four locations on display were by no means an exhaustive list.
People in Lewiston, Maine and the surrounding area are on a second full day of shelter in place, as the search continues for the man who shot and killed 18 people at the bowling alley and restaurant on Wednesday night.
Robert Card is an armed and dangerous man and authorities are asking residents not to approach him. They are encouraging people to report anything suspicious to 911 and share any potential evidence through a digital tip line.
Over 100 law enforcement officers from around the country are working around the clock, trying to catch Card, the Lewiston Police Chief said on Friday.
A commissioner for the state’s Department of Public Safety said that investigators are continuing to search Schemengees Bar and Grill and Just-in-Time Recreation.
Law enforcement officers are drafting affidavits for digital media such as phones and computers. Police are investigating 3,500-plus tips and leads from around the community, according to Sauschuck.
Teams are physically searching multiple locations for evidence that might lead them to Card, with Sauschuck stressing that investigators have “many irons in the fire.” One emerging focus of those efforts is the area near a boat launch where officials found a vehicle registered in Card’s name.
Source: Police are searching the river near where the Maine shooting suspect’s car was found
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Authorities have said that they are going to hold briefings every day for the rest of the week, with some afternoons needed. Sauschuck acknowledged that the clock is ticking.
Maine public safety officials announced that the body of the sole alleged shooter had been found dead near the local Androscoggin River, in the small town of Lisbon Falls, about 10 miles southeast of Lewiston.
He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after a two day hunt for him in the wake of the massacre at a bowling alley and bar.
Sauschuck told reporters in Lewiston that police had recovered another weapon, that he called a “long gun,” inside the suspect’s car, but did not provide further details on the weapon.
Sauschuck said that the note that was addressed to a loved one had access codes to Card’s bank accounts and cellphone but it wasn’t a suicide note.
On Friday, police released the names of all 18 victims of the Wednesday night gun rampage that devastated the community. The dead ranged in age from a couple in their 70s to a teenage boy.
The city’s police chief told Maine Public that he and other officers know some of the people who were killed, because of the close-knit nature of the community.
The Lewiston police chief said that he knows a couple of the victims from seeing the pictures on the board.
Several local communities were placed on lock down, with shelter-in-place orders issued to all residents, as law enforcement scoured the area, and Card described him as armed and dangerous.
Across rural areas of the most forested state in the nation, hundreds of officers from various local forces and agencies had been called up to help in the search for the suspect.
Source: Maine shooter’s body was found near a scene that had been searched by police
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People will now be able to gather in person for the first time since the shooting to hold events like vigils, which had only been taking place online due to that active manhunt.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills said that it was now “a time to heal,” while acknowledging that though Card might no longer pose a threat, there would be many people for whom his death would “not bring solace.”
President Biden issued a statement calling the incident a “tragic two days” for the entire country as well as the city of Lewiston.
Biden’s statement said the country has been devastated by gun violence, before saying Republicans in Congress must act to end the country’s gun violence epidemic. “Americans should not have to live like this.”
The suspect who shot and killed 18 people in the US state of Maine, has been identified as Robert Card, a former US Marine. The police said that Card was armed and dangerous. Over 100 law enforcement officers from around the country are working around the clock, trying to catch Card, the police Chief said on Friday.