LEWISTON, Maine, USA (Reuters) – The suspect in the killing of 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead on Friday, ending a 48-hour search that followed the shooting. deadliest gun violence in state history, according to multiple media reports.
ABC News, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, said the suspect, Robert R. Card, 40, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The U.S. Army reservist is believed to have opened fire Wednesday night at a bowling alley and then at a bar minutes later.
The shootings and prolonged chase shook the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile center and Maine’s second-most populous city.
The city lies on the banks of the Adroscoggin River, about 35 miles (56 km) north of the state’s largest city, Portland, and a similar distance southwest of Maine’s capital, Augusta.
Card, an Army Reserve sergeant from the neighboring town of Bowdoin, has been described by authorities as a trained firearms instructor who served as a petroleum supply specialist while on duty at the military reserve base in Saco. , Maine.
Law enforcement officials also said he has a history of mental illness and was committed to a psychiatric facility for two weeks during the summer of 2023, after which he was released.
(Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Lewiston; additional reporting by Nick Pfosi in Lewiston and Lisbon, Maine, and Rich McKay; Writing by Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen; Editing in Spanish by Ricardo Figueroa)
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