Suspected Maine mass shooter Robert Card, still at large, may have been targeting an ex-girlfriend during the murderous attack, and the message he left was a ranting suicide note to her son, according to a report.
Card’s sister told investigators she believed he may have been looking for his ex when he shot up the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille, ABC News reported, citing sources.
Investigators are looking into the possibility that the mass shooting, which killed 18 people and injured 13 others, began as a domestic dispute, sources said.
The ex-girlfriend was not identified, nor was the suspect’s ex-wife, whose divorce due to irreconcilable differences was granted in 2007, ABC News also reported, citing court documents.
In 2013, the divorce order was amended to include shared parental rights and responsibilities for their then-minor son, whose primary residence was with his mother, the documents reportedly indicate.
Card’s son was also the recipient of the mysterious note that investigators discovered Thursday while executing a warrant at Card’s neglected Bowdoin home, according to the outlet.
ABC News sources described it as a suicide note that also contained rantings and personal information such as bank account details.
The note “provided information and instructions to others about where things could be found and disposed of,” law enforcement sources told CNN, which they said suggested “when found or read that Card would no longer be alive.”
The accused killer, Robert Card, may have been looking for an ex-girlfriend during the rampage. Facebook / Robert Card Card is believed to have left a suicide note with personal information. Authorities with the Lewiston Maine Police Department executed a warrant at Card’s neglected home in Bowdoin. Miller
Federal, state, county and local authorities are still desperately trying to locate Card, who is suspected of opening fire with at least one rifle at the bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, which is about 15 miles from Bowdoin.
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The manhunt has spread to Canada as authorities issued an alert about the “armed and dangerous” trained shooter three days after 18 people were killed and 13 others wounded, and three people are still hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills vowed to do everything necessary to find Card and “hold accountable whoever is responsible for this atrocity…and seek full justice for the victims and their families.”
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