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The search for a mass killer in Maine continued Thursday morning with Lewiston still under lockdown hours after deadly shootings at two local businesses.…

No suspect has yet been named, but a person of interest, Robert Card, was identified — he's considered armed and dangerous

No suspect has yet been named, but a person of interest, considered armed and dangerous, was identified. Robert Card, a 40-year-old with a military background, was being sought for questioning in the case, part of a massive dragnet set up by local, state and federal law enforcement responding to one of Maine's most brazen criminal acts in years.

He said a"reunification center" has been set up at nearby Auburn Middle School for anyone looking to reunite with family members who are unaccounted for. Hospitals in the area, which is north of Portland and southwest of Augusta, had activated critical care procedures to deal with the influx of casualties.

“I had my back turned to the door. And as soon as I turned and saw it was not a balloon — he was holding a weapon — I just booked it,” he told The Associated Press. Ed Davis, who led the Boston Police Department during the Boston Marathon bombings and the subsequent manhunt, draws on that experience in discussing the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

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