Wednesday’s shooting at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine, appeared to be a planned, targeted operation that left eighteen people dead and at least 13 injured — the deadliest mass shooting of 2023.
As of Thursday afternoon, suspect Robert Card, wanted on eight murder charges related to the shooting, remained missing as hundreds of state and federal agents raced to find him.
His family said he had been suffering mental health problems in recent weeks and urged him to turn himself in.
Here is a complete timeline of how the tragic events have unfolded so far:
First reports of active shooter
Wednesday, 6:56 p.m.: Police responded to multiple reports of an active shooter at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, said Col. William Ross of the Maine State Police.
Second reported location
7:08 p.m.: Authorities received several calls reporting a gunman at Schemengees Bar & Grille about four miles from Just-In-Time, Ross said.
Eighteen people were shot to death and 13 others were wounded at two Lewiston locations Wednesday night. Post illustration
The first photos of the suspect emerge
8:00 p.m.: The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office posted a grainy image of the then-unidentified suspect holding what appeared to be an AR-15 assault rifle on Just-in-Time on Facebook, asking the public to come forward with any information. .
Shelter in place issued
8:09 p.m.: Maine State Police issued a warning about an active shooter in Lewiston and urged locals to shelter in place, CNN reported.
Police in the neighboring city of Auburn issued a shelter-in-place alert a few minutes later.
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9:17 p.m.: Lewiston police posted a photo of a white Subaru with a black bumper and asked the public to let them know if they saw the car.
Suspect identified
9:26 p.m.: The Lewiston Police Department received a call identifying the suspect as Army Reservist Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported.
9:56 p.m.: A Subaru matching the previously posted photo was found at the Pejepscot boat launch on the Androscoggin River in Lisbon, outside Lewiston, according to the Sun Journal.
The suspect appeared in a surveillance image from Just-in-Time Game.AP
The car was later identified as Card’s vehicle.
Hunt
10:52 p.m.: Lewiston police announced on Facebook that they were looking for Robert Card as a person of interest in connection with the shootings.
The public was warned that Card should be considered “armed and dangerous.”
Everything we know about the mass shooting in Maine
At least 18 people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire at two separate locations in Lewiston, Maine.
Police identified the possible suspect as Robert Card, 40, and believe he may have been driving a white Subaru Outback, which was later located in Lisbon, about 8 miles from the shooting locations, according to CentralMaine.com.
Lisbon residents were also ordered to shelter in place, and authorities warned that Card could be armed and dangerous.
Maine State Police advised local residents and businesses to lock their doors and shelter in place.
The police have released this photo of Card.
On Wednesday night, emergency personnel were called to separate the shootings at Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant, according to the Sun Journal.
The death toll almost matches the annual number of homicides in the state of Maine: 29 homicides were reported in 2022.
Lewiston is a city of about 38,000 people nearly 30 miles north of Portland.
President Biden was notified about the mass shooting.
Thursday, after 6 a.m.: After unsuccessfully searching for Card throughout the night and early morning, police expanded the shelter-in-place order to the Bowdoin area.
Authorities confirm the death toll
10:30 a.m.: Gov. Janet Mills and other officials addressed the public at a news conference.
Mills and police leaders confirmed that 18 people were killed and 13 more were injured.
A body is removed from inside Schemengees Bar and Grille on Thursday. CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Seven victims died at the bowling alley and eight at the bar, Ross said.
Three more victims died after being taken to hospital.
An arrest warrant was issued for Card on eight counts of murder, police confirmed.
Late morning: Leroy Walker told NBC News that his son, Schemengees bar manager Joseph Walker, was killed in the shooting.
2 pm: The US Coast Guard confirmed they were searching for Card and that he may have attempted to escape in a 1989 Bayliner Marine Corp 15′ fiberglass boat that public records show he owned.
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