Robert Card, the Maine gunman who killed 18 people and wounded dozens more in this year’s deadliest mass shooting in the United States, was found dead Friday night from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The discovery of Card’s body ended a two-day manhunt that began when he carried out the bloody attack at a bowling alley and bar in the town of Lewiston on Wednesday night.
“Like many people, I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills said at a news conference to announce the development.
“Now is the time to heal,” he continued. “With this search concluded, I know that authorities continue to thoroughly investigate all facts so that we can get what closure we can for the victims and their families.”
Card’s body was located around 7:45 pm near a river in Lisbon, Maine, which law enforcement sources say is near his former workplace, Maine Recycling, from which he was recently fired.
The killer was found wearing the same clothes he was wearing the night of the massacre, according to Maine Senator Angus King.
Robert Card was arrested after carrying out a shooting at the Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant and the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, leaving at least 50 people injured.
Sources said he used a gun to commit suicide.
Card’s vehicle, a white Subaru Outback, was discovered by police abandoned in Lisbon just hours after his attack at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar & Grille on Wednesday night.
The horrific violence began around 7 p.m. at the bowling alley, where police say Card entered with an assault rifle and began shooting. Minutes later, he appeared at the bar.
Card’s body was discovered in the woods near the Maine Recycling Plant near Lisbon Falls around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 27. James KeivomJames Keivom
In total, 18 people were killed in both shootings. 13 others were injured.
Maine officials identified the victims who died Friday as: Ronald Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer Ross, 40; Seal of Joshua, 35 Brian MacFarlane, 41; José Lawrence Walker, 57 years old; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx Hathaway, 35 years old; Stephen Vozella, 45 years old; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael R. Deslauriers II, 51; Jason Adam Walker 51; Tricia Asselin, 53; William Young, 44; Young Aaron, 14; Robert Violette, 76, and Lucille Violette, 73; William Frank Brackett, 44; and Keith Macneir, 64.
Wednesday’s massacre was the deadliest in Maine history, according to the Portland Press Herald, and the deadliest of eight mass shootings in the United States this year.
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Robert Card, who spent two weeks in a mental health facility over the summer, is a trained firearms instructor. via REUTERS Governor Janet Mills of Maine receives a hug before announcing to the media that Robert Card, the suspect in two mass murders, was found dead on October 27, 2023.Getty Images
Card, a native of Bowdoin, has been charged with eight counts of murder by the Lewiston Police Department, which described him as “armed and dangerous” on Facebook.
Authorities found a note in Card’s home indicating he planned to take his life before police found him, CNN reported.
Card spent two weeks in a mental health facility over the summer, after which he was released, according to law enforcement sources.
How the Maine shooting unfolded
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
He was an Army reservist stationed in Saco, Maine, sources told The Post.
The University of Maine confirmed that he was an engineering student there from 2001 to 2004.
His motive is unclear, but Card suffered from mental health problems, including recently reporting “hearing voices” and threatening to shoot up the military training base in Saco, sources said.
Card had recently started wearing a hearing aid, which he blamed for the disturbing voices in his head, including those he heard at the bar where a shooting occurred during a weekly event for other members of the local deaf community, Card’s sister told The Daily Beast.
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office shared photos of Robert Card during his shooting. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office
Card’s sister also said she may have been looking for her ex when he fired shots at the bowling alley and bar, according to ABC News sources.
News of Card’s death comes as a relief to the local community, which had been on edge while on lockdown for two days during intense manhunt by authorities.
“I was happy for the community. The closure helps,” Lisbon Police Chief Ryan McGee told the Post.
Lewiston City Councilman Robert McCarthy was grateful that his city’s residents could finally relax.
“It’s a big, big relief. Everybody was on pins and needles,” said McCarthy, who lives near the bowling alley where Card first opened fire.
A police officer watches a road leading to the Maine recycling plant on Friday, Oct. 28, 2023, after Card’s body was discovered in the nearby woods.James Keivom Law enforcement officers gather near the plant Maine Recycling Center in Lisbon Falls on Friday night, October 27.James KeivomJames Keivom
“I hope all the victims and their families find some comfort that he is gone,” he added.
The stay-at-home order was rescinded Friday night, officials announced at a news conference later that day.
Sauschuck said additional information about the investigation will be provided at a news conference at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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