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Reservists who knew Maine mass shooter say they warned of his decline
Fellow U.S. Army reservists who witnessed the mental and physical decline of a colleague who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told a commission investigating the killings Thursday that they tried to intervene before the tragedy. Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted...
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Maine lawmaker censured for saying mass shooting was God's revenge for state's abortion law
Fiery debate over a bill to protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state lawsuits crossed a line in the Maine House, leading lawmakers to formally censure a pair of colleagues on Thursday. Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, said the mass shooting last October in Lewiston, Maine, that claimed 18 lives and recent storms were God’s revenge…
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Bowling alley targeted in Lewiston shooting to reopen this spring, owners say
Five months after the mass shooting that left 18 dead at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, the alley is almost ready to reopen, NBC affiliate News Center Maine reported. Just-In-Time Recreation has been closed since October 25, 2023, when Robert Card Jr. entered the building and opened fire, killing seven and injuring several others in what would…
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What to know about the Maine mass shooting commission report
Law enforcement should have seized Card’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the commission concluded.
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Report finds sheriff had cause to take killer's guns before Maine mass shootings
An independent commission investigating the deadly mass shootings last year in Lewiston, Maine, says law enforcement had cause to take the shooter’s firearms beforehand.
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Sheriff had cause to take guns from killer before Maine mass shootings that left 18 dead, report says
A sheriff’s office investigating a mass shooting in Maine had cause to take the killer into protective custody beforehand and to take away his guns, according to a report issued by an independent commission Friday.
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Tearful relatives of Lewiston mass shooting victims testify that change is overdue
Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos, and panic, family members of the victims of Maine’s deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored an independent commission to do something to make sure it never happens again. One by one, relatives of seven of the people who died described their heartbreak, in ways both large and small....
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Business owners thought they would never reopen after Maine's deadliest shooting. Then support grew
Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the bar in Lewiston where the gunman killed 18 people thought they would close. Then the support began to build.
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911 transcripts released from Lewiston mass shootings
For the first time, we’re seeing transcripts from the 911 calls made in the minutes after the shootings that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded in Lewiston, Maine.
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911 calls from Lewiston shootings released: ‘we have another active shooter'
Transcripts from 911 calls made during and after the mass shootings that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, in October were released on Monday. The 51 partially redacted call transcripts, released by the Maine Department of Public Safety, depict people who witnessed the shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grill sharing details with emergency dispatchers….
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Last of 13 Lewiston mass shooting victims at Central Maine Medical Center released from hospital
The last of the 13 patients that arrived at Central Maine Medical Center after the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine has been released from the hospital. As it has become tradition, the person was released with CMMC employees applauding their exit during their sendoff. The patient now prepares to continue his recovery at home, just before Christmas. “This is an…
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Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined for injury related to Army Reserves
A brain sample from a gunman who killed 18 people in Maine has been sent to a lab in Massachusetts to be examined for signs of injury related to his service in the Army Reserves. The office of the chief medical examiner on Monday said it wants to know if a brain injury stemming from 40-year-old Robert Card’s military service...
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Emotional holiday season begins in Lewiston after last month's tragedy
Nearly a month after mass shootings left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, residents are preparing for an emotional holiday season. The roads around Dufresne Plaza shut down Tuesday as workers hoisted Lewiston’s Christmas tree up from the ground. Throughout the city, Christmas lights and decorations illuminated windows, along with blue hearts, white ribbons and memorials. Saturday marks one month…
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Lewiston mourning victims of mass shootings this holiday season
It’s been nearly a month since 18 people were killed in shootings at two Maine businesses.
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Teen hurt during Lewiston mass shooting released from hospital
A 16-year-old who was treated at Mass General Hospital in Boston after he was shot during the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, last month, has been released from the hospital, his family shared in a statement Wednesday. Gavin Robitaille was shot during a gunman’s rampage at the Just-in-Time bowling alley in Lewiston. The family previously released a statement expressing...
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Maine's yellow flag law invoked more than a dozen times after deadly shootings
A Maine law used to restrict access to guns during a mental health crisis has been invoked more than a dozen times since the killings of 18 people last month, and several people whose guns were temporarily removed referenced the name of the gunman responsible for the mass shooting. An updated list from the state shows weapons restriction orders were…
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Patient injured in Lewiston mass shootings released from hospital
One of the patients injured in the Oct. 25 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, was released from the hospital on Monday after a 12-day stay. According to a press release from Central Maine Health Care, doctors, nurses and other hospital staffers lined the halls of Central Maine Medical Center to provide a sendoff to the discharged patient, whose name was…
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Gunman in Maine mass shootings threatened workers at NH bakery days before attack
The gunman responsible for the Oct. 25 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, threatened workers at a New Hampshire bakery six days earlier, according to police. Police in Hudson, New Hampshire, said they received a call on Oct. 26 in the wake of the Lewiston shootings after employees at a local bakery saw 40-year-old Robert Card’s photo on TV. They told…
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Maine's blue-ribbon investigative commission on Lewiston mass shootings unveiled
Seven legal, investigative and medical experts will serve on the independent commission investigating the deadly massacre in Lewiston, Maine, last month, authorities announced Thursday. Maine Gov. Janet Mills had previously announced she would create the commission to investigate the Oct. 25 massacre, which left 18 people dead in two locations. Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a joint…
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Maine looks to pay funeral costs for families of mass shooting victims
Maine’s government is going to cover the cost of funerals for families who lost loved ones in the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history, the office of Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday. An Army reservist opened fire inside a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, the second largest city in the state, on Oct. 25. The shootings...