The desperate search for suspected Maine mass shooter Robert Card has spread to Canada, with authorities issuing an alert for the “armed and dangerous” trained shooter as his online search history was revealed to contain conspiracy theories. , even about President Biden.
The Canada Border Services Agency said it issued the alert to officials along the US-Canada border to “ensure the safety of Canadians and protect Canada’s borders against any threats or [attempted] legal entry.”
It came three days after 18 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in a shooting Wednesday night at several locations in Lewiston, Maine.
The mayor of a border town in Canada also said he was aware that U.S. authorities at the border were “monitoring people leaving the country” and said Canadian police are “doing the same thing as we speak,” according to Global News. .
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern issued his own alert reminding residents to be vigilant.
“We’ll make sure everyone knows: keep your eyes and ears open for any strange activity,” he told Global News.
Robert Card is accused of killing 18 people and wounding 13 others in a rampage Wednesday night. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office
The Canadian alerts came as more than 350 state and federal agents in the United States continued the search for Card, believed to be the gunman captured on surveillance footage during the massacre of 18 people at two different locations in Lewiston, Maine. , on Wednesday night. .
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The Coast Guard announced Thursday that it sent a boat crew from Boothbay Harbor and a plane from Cape Cod to assist in search efforts.
Card, an accomplished outdoorsman and trained marksman with the U.S. Army Reserve, owns a 12-foot Sea-Doo watercraft registered in his name and had previously registered a 15-foot bay liner, according to documents obtained by CBS News.
But after hours of searching, authorities found “nothing out of the ordinary,” Chief Petty Officer Ryan Smith, who is in charge of the Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor, told KATV.
More than 350 state and federal law enforcement officials continued the search for Card on Thursday.Getty Images
Rick Goddard, Card’s longtime neighbor, told The Post that the suspect is “capable of hiding for a long time if he doesn’t want to get caught.”
“It’s his home turf,” Goddard said of Bowdoin, Card’s hometown.
“I mean, he grew up here. He knows the area very well. He is able to hide for a long time if he doesn’t want to get caught. “There are many places in the woods where you can be and never be seen.”
Law enforcement officers search an area for a suspect in connection with two mass shootings on October 26, 2023 in Bowdoin, Maine.Getty Images
“They are very dense and thick forests. If you know the area, there are plenty of places you can hide… you could never see something like that from a plane or helicopter.
“The trees are so close together that you can barely walk between them. It is so thick that you can barely see 10 feet into the forest. If I were going to hide, that’s what I would do. “I would hide somewhere like that.”
Meanwhile, authorities revealed that Card appears to have “engaged with conspiratorial content” online, ABC News reported.
Topics he interacted with online included concerns about a financial crisis, LGBTQ+ issues, gun rights and comments about President Biden and other Democratic lawmakers, the outlet said.
Maine police said Card entered the Just-In-Time Recreation Bowl in Lewiston shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing seven people.
Minutes later, he attacked Schemengees Bar & Grille about two miles away, killing seven more inside the establishment and one outside, police said.
Three other people who were wounded at the two locations were later pronounced dead at area hospitals, while 13 other people were wounded by gunfire, including a 10-year-old girl.
“We believe this is someone who should not be approached,” Maine State Police Col. William Ross warned at a news conference Wednesday.
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