Law enforcement hunting for the suspected gunman in the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting were focused on a home in nearby Bowdoin Thursday night.
An arrest warrant was issued for Robert Card, a 40-year-old from Bowdoin with a military background, as hundreds of law enforcement agents search Maine for himA massive search is underway for 40-year-old Robert Card, the man accused of being the gunman who left 18 people dead in a mass killing at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston.
Seven people were shot and killed at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, including one female and six males, and eight people were shot and killed at Schemengees Bar and Grille, including seven males inside and one male outside. Multiple other people were transferred to various hospitals, three of whom have died. Eight of the dead have been identified and family notified, while authorities are still working to identify the other 10.
Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate Democrat from Lewiston who represents Maine's 2nd District, reversed course on his earlier objection to a federal ban on assault weaposn. Anyone with information on Card's whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the state police tip lines at 207-213-9526 or 207-509-9002. Residents of Lisbon are also still being told to continue sheltering in place, with a specific emphasis on those between Mill Sreet in Lisbon Center and Main Street in Lisbon Falls. Many businesses in that area will also be closed. The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office had yet to retract its advice that all businesses in the area lock down or close., including Mollison Way and River Road from Locust Street to South Avenue. Residents will be permitted onto the closed section of River Road.
L.L. Bean also announced that it was closing its Freeport stores and their Lewiston and Brunswick manufacturing facilities"out of an abundance of caution." He is a longtime member of the Army Reserve with no combat deployments, the Army confirmed to NBC News. In a news conference on Wednesday night, Sauschuck said hundreds of officers are involved in the search. Officials said on Thursday that over 350 law enforcement personnel are now involved in the search.
Jason Levesque, mayor of Auburn, Maine, spoke after Wednesday's deadly mass shooting in neighboring Lewiston.
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