Maine police report seven killed at bowling alley, eight at restaurant in mass shooting
Police say they were attempting to serve a warrant at Robert Card’s home on Thursday night as dramatic scenes unfolded in Maine.
Officers could be heard shouting for someone to come out and walk to the front of the property and TV news crews were asked to switch off their lights.
Officers ordered someone inside to come out of the rural “with nothing in their hands” and that their “safety could be guaranteed.” Armoured trucks eventually left the scene after several hours.
As the manhunt to catch the “armed and dangerous” suspect wanted in connection to two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and 13 injured, neared its 24th hour, CNN reported loud bangs from the vicinity of Robert Card’s home in the vicinity of Bowdoin.
There was speculation that the noise could have been flash bangs used by police in stand-offs with armed suspects. Shortly after, a video emerged of law enforcement outside a property with a loudhailer heard to announce: “FBI! Open the door!”
On Wednesday night, a gunman opened fire in the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley and then the Schemengees Bar & Grille at around 7pm. Terrifying surveillance footage grabs showed the shooter armed with a rifle. The first victims have now been named by family members.
An intensive manhunt for 40-year-old Mr Card began and he was formally identified as the suspect in the now active homicide investigation during a press conference on Thursday morning.
Residents across Maine have been sheltered in place since Wednesday night.
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Ms Card, who is married to the suspect’s brother, said that she has known the suspect her “whole life”.
“He is quiet but the most loving, hardworking, and kind person that I know,” she said on Thursday.
“But in the past year, he had an acute episode of mental health, and it’s been a struggle.”
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CNN reporting that their crew was ordered to turn off lights, while officers could be heard shouting “…under arrest come out with your hands up.”
Officers could be heard shouting for someone to come out and walk to the front of the property and they ordered a person inside to come out of the house “with nothing in their hands” and that their “safety could be guaranteed.”
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Republican US Senator Susan Collins addresses shooting in Maine
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