Six weeks before an Army reservist fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the police received alarming warnings that the reservist had grown increasingly paranoid, had punched a friend and had said he was going to carry out a shooting spree.
But no law enforcement officials ever made contact with him, according to records released on Monday.
The warnings about the reservist, Robert R. Card II, 40, were far more explicit than Maine officials have publicly acknowledged in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting, America’s deadliest mass shooting this year.
They came from Mr. Card’s family members and his Army Reserve unit in Saco, Maine, and were investigated by the Sheriff’s Office in Sagadahoc County, where he lived.
The Reserve also told the Sheriff’s Office that Mr. Card had been treated at a psychiatric hospital for two weeks in July before being released.
Persons:
Robert R, Card’s, Card
Organizations:
Mr, Army Reserve, Sheriff’s
Locations:
Lewiston , Maine, Maine, Saco , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Saco, ”