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Robert Card, 40, is a person of interest in two mass shootings that took place in Maine on October 25, 2023.<\/span> | Lewiston Maine Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The body of the suspected shooter in Wednesday’s Maine rampage that left 18 dead and 13 injured was found dead ending a two-day manhunt, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Robert Card, the man accused of the mass shooting in Lewiston, was found dead near the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls, state Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck told reporters during a press conference Friday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He confirmed reports that Card’s body was found with an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Card’s body was found near a recycling center where he had recently been fired. His vehicle was abandoned near a boat launch in the Lisbon area earlier in the week. Details surrounding the exact time of Card’s death remain unclear, according to Sauschuck.<\/p>\n

The manhunt involved hundreds of officers and affected southern Maine communities. Shelter-in-place orders were issued, and schools and businesses were closed. The search extended to waterways due to a note, akin to a suicide note, left by Card, a law enforcement source told CNN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities executed multiple search warrants, including Card’s vehicle and properties.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement sources also said that Card had purchased the gun used in the massacre legally just days before he was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation.<\/p>\n

Card served as a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve who had enlisted in December 2002 and was assigned to the 304th Infantry Regiment in Saco, Maine.<\/p>\n

Officials are looking into a recent incident at Camp Smith in Cortlandt, New York, where he was reported for acting “belligerently and possibly intoxicated.” He was subsequently hospitalized.<\/p>\n

Card had told Army personnel he was “hearing voices” and thinking of “hurting other soldiers,” a federal law enforcement source told CNN. These events occurred shortly after he had bought a high-powered rifle at a Maine gun store, the sources added. The weapon found in Card’s car appears to be the same one used at the shooting locations, although a ballistics match is pending.<\/p>\n

Late Friday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills expressed relief<\/a>, saying the threat Card posed was over and the community could begin to heal.<\/p>\n

“Lewiston is a special place. It is a closeknit community with a long history of hard work, of persistence, of faith, of opening its big heart to people everywhere,” she said in a statement. “Tonight, the city of Lewiston and the state of Maine begin to move forward on a long road to healing.”<\/p>\n

Police on Friday identified the victims of the shootings at the Just-In-Time Recreation and the Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The 18 victims have been identified as Ronald G. Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40; Joshua A. Seal, 36; Bryan M. MacFarlane, 41; Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx A. Hathaway, 35; Stephen M. Vozzella, 45; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael R. Deslauries II, 51; Jason Adam Walker, 51; Tricia C. Asselin, 53; William A. Young, 44; Aaron Young, 14; Robert E. Violette, 76; Lucille M. Violette, 73; William Frank Brackett, 48; Keith D. Macneir, 64.<\/p>\n

Schemengees stated on Facebook<\/a> that its manager, 57-year-old Joseph Walker, was among those killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We loss great people in this community,” the restaurant posted. “How can we make any sense of this. Sending out prayers to everyone.”<\/p>\n

Just-In-Time Recreation, formerly known as Sparetime, said in a statement they had lost “amazing and whole-hearted people.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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