Lewiston, Maine CNN —The signs were there: hearing voices, expressing paranoid thoughts and making threats so violent, extra patrols were sent to guard a military installation.
Instead, law enforcement relied on the gunman’s family to keep guns from him after they tried without success to talk to the reservist.
Sheriff Joel Merry told CNN on Saturday law enforcement officers weren’t able to make contact with Card during two visits.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office sent an alert to other law enforcement agencies saying they were trying to locate Card.
The fact law enforcement in Maine didn’t utilize the yellow flag law in Card’s case could point to its shortcomings, Rocque said.
Persons:
Robert Card, ”, Michael Rocque, Rocque, Shannon Frattaroli, ” Frattaroli, Sheriff Joel Merry, ’, Merry, “, Alex Piquero, Piquero, Card, Michael Sauschuck, hadn’t, ” Sauschuck, Robert F, Roque, Jack Clements, WMTW, Sheriff Merry, Card’s, Salwan Georges, Aaron Frey’s, ” Rocque, It’s, Janet Mills, Erin Clark, ” CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales
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Locations:
Lewiston, Maine, Lewiston ., “, Lewiston , Maine, Washington, Sagadahoc, Auburn , Maine, Saco, WMTW Maine, Lisbon , Maine, ” Maine, New York