The first person shot by Robert Card in this week’s soot massacre in Maine is fighting for his life on a ventilator in the intensive care unit, his family said.
The hardest part is “not knowing what the outcome is going to be,” Justin Karcher’s younger sister, Haley Breton, said on NewsNation’s “Cuomo.”
Karcher, 23, was playing pool with his best friend and his father, who survived.
Telling his brother that his best friend was among the 18 victims killed in Wednesday’s massacre will be another challenge, Breton said.
“It will be difficult to talk about that topic when the right time comes.”
Karcher was shot in the liver, spinal cord, shoulder and stomach when Card opened fire at Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, minutes after shooting at a nearby bowling alley.
“When the paramedics brought him in, they told the surgeon that he was the first one to be shot and the first one to have surgery,” Breton told the program.
Justin Karcher was shot in the liver, spinal cord, shoulder and stomach when Robert Card shot him at Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston on Wednesday night.Jessica Karcher/Facebook
Doctors had to examine his stomach and kidneys for bullets, he said. Repeated resuscitations were necessary to keep him alive after emergency surgery.
Karcher was one of 13 wounded in the massacre, which is now the deadliest shooting in Maine history. Card was found dead Friday night with self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to authorities.
It was supposed to be a day of celebration, Karcher’s mother told the New York Times, since her son had just signed a contract to buy a house.
Karcher was at the Lewiston bar playing pool during a weekly tournament, which was one of his many hobbies, according to his mother.Facebook
He was at the bar for a weekly pool tournament, one of his many hobbies, Jessica Karcher told the outlet.
This is not the first time the family has suffered a tragedy, Breton said.
In 2019, Karcher’s father was shot and killed in front of him in a Walmart parking lot.
“This is the second time the family has been involved in a situation, a shooting… it’s tragic and it’s hard to put it all together and understand why,” Breton said.
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