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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A man fatally shot at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night sparking a massive search for a person of interest who is a trained firearms instructor. Here's what we know about the suspect and where the shooting happened:THE SUSPECTA police bulletin identified Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest in the attack. Card was described as a firearms instructor believed to be in the Army Reserve and assigned to a training facility in Saco, Maine. Maine has a longstanding culture of gun ownership tied to traditions of hunting and sport shooting. Central Maine Healthcare said Thursday it was closing all physician offices in Lewiston and six surrounding communities for the day.

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Lewiston police shared images of a man walking into what appears to be a bowling alley holding a high-powered, assault-style rifle. Our prayers go out to all those working to stop further loss of life,” Lewiston Public Schools said in a post. People ran out of bowling alleyLaw enforcement officers stand with rifles outside Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday. Arel and her daughter saw officers patting people down as they came out of the bowling alley, she said. Androscoggin County Sheriff's office• 10:18 p.m.: Lewiston City Councilor Robert McCarthy tells CNN the death toll was at 22 people killed.

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The first of the two shootings in Lewiston, Maine, took place at a bowling alley, interrupting an American pastime on an ordinary Wednesday evening. “See you again in your spare time!”On the bowling alley’s Facebook page, the management has posted photos of smiling customers and congratulated people for bowling perfect games. Around 2 a.m., a few reporters were congregating near a sports bar and a Subway sandwich shop at the corner of Mollison Way, a road leading to the bowling alley. “We all went bowling as kids growing up here,” said Mar Mcenery, 52, who lives four miles from the bowling alley and had come to see the scene for herself at 4 a.m. despite the citywide lockdown order. “Especially when the weather gets colder — the bowling alley and the ice rink, that’s what we do.”Ms. Mcenery said the bowling center was a popular hangout for local teenagers.

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[1/4] A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 25 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed and 50 to 60 wounded on Wednesday in mass shootings at multiple locations including a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, NBC News reported, citing a Lewiston police source. "There is an active shooter in Lewiston," Maine state police said previously on the social media platform X. The Sun Journal, citing a Lewiston police spokesperson, reported shootings at three separate businesses: the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley, Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, and a Walmart distribution center. The number of annual homicides in the state has fluctuated between 16 and 29 since 2012, according to Maine State Police.

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☆ At least 22 dead, 50 injured in mass shooting across several locations in Lewiston, Maine, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Mike Pescaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

At least 22 people are dead and 50-60 more were injured in a mass shooting at two businesses in Lewiston, Maine, according to NBC News. Mayor Jason Levesque, the mayor of nearby Auburn, urged people in his city, Lewiston and the surrounding region to shelter in place. "I am aware of and have been briefed on the active shooter situation in Lewiston," Gov. Federal law enforcement agencies are assisting our state and local law enforcement partners in Lewiston, Maine," spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa told NBC News. The ATF's Boston office said it is also responding to the active shooter event in Maine.

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