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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Residents of Lewiston return to work and school Monday, the morning after coming together to mourn those lost in Maine’s worst mass shooting. More than 1,000 people attended Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for a vigil in Lewiston, where days earlier a gunman fatally shot 18 people. Some put their heads in their hands as the names of the people who died in Wednesday’s shooting were read. Hundreds more watched a live stream of the vigil shown on a huge screen in front of the church. At Lisbon Falls Baptist Church, arriving church members greeted each other warmly but the atmosphere turned somber when the Rev.

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☆ Vigils, memorials and prayers after Lewiston massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/22]A boy looks at the pictures of the victims during a vigil for the victims of the deadly mass shooting, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 29. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueLewiston, ME, UNITED STATES

Persons: Saints Peter, Paul, Kevin Lamarque Organizations: Saints, REUTERS, UNITED STATES Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Kevin Lamarque Lewiston

☆ Mass shootings in the US: Days after the Maine massacres, US sees a series of weekend shootings that wounded dozens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The weekend’s gun violence comes as America’s scourge of mass shootings drags on. After the suspect in Maine’s mass shooting was found dead Friday, President Joe Biden reiterated his call to Congress to address gun violence. Investigation into Maine gunmanAuthorities were searching for the Maine mass shooter in Durham Friday. Also now under the microscope is a visit to Card’s home by police weeks before the mass shootings. The Maine National Guard asked local police to check on the gunman after a soldier became concerned he would “snap and commit a mass shooting,” according to information shared with CNN.

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Sagadahoc County, Maine CNN —The US Army asked local police to check on the reservist who killed 18 people after a soldier became concerned he would “snap and commit a mass shooting,” according to information shared with CNN. The welfare report detailed to CNN repeatedly cited the Maine National Guard as the source of the concerns and the troubling information about the shooter’s actions. It should also be noted that no bulletins or assistance was requested from MSP’s Maine information and analysis center. Thirty-eight days later, the Army reservist walked into a bowling alley and started shooting. He was a US Army reservist.

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☆ Maine Gunman Disclosed He Had Mental Health Issues, Gun Shop Owner Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During a recent visit to a National Guard training facility outside Peekskill, N.Y., Mr. Card, an Army reservist, had a run-in with officials and was later evaluated at a mental health facility, according to a senior law enforcement official. But the Maine commissioner of public safety said on Saturday that he had no information to suggest that Mr. Card had ever been forcibly committed for mental health treatment. It is unclear whether he had admitted to his mental health issues in previous forms that are typically required at the time of purchasing the weapons. The staff at the gun shop waited until Mr. Card signed the document before declining to give him the silencer. Mr. Card, in response, “was very cordial, very polite,” Mr. LaChapelle said.

Persons: Card, “, LaChapelle, Mr Organizations: National Guard, Army Locations: Peekskill, N.Y, Maine, Lewiston

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Dozens of Maine residents gathered at Sunday services to pray and support one another following a traumatic week in which a fellow Mainer gunned down 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history. The body of Card was found Friday in a trailer at a recycling center in Lisbon Falls. A stay-at-home order in place during the massive search was lifted Friday afternoon, hours before authorities announced they had found Card’s body at the Maine Recycling Corp. The Lewiston shootings were the 36th mass killing in the United States this year, according to a database maintained by AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. The database includes every mass killing since 2006 from all weapons in which four or more people, excluding the offender, were killed within a 24-hour time frame.

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☆ Lewiston, Finally, Gathers to Grieve
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | More About Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For two days after a gunman killed 18 people and injured 13 in Lewiston, Maine, Patrick Hynes and other residents in the area felt grief, emptiness and rage. Now, no longer under lockdown, they can feel that together. “We’re social animals, whether we like it or not,” said Mr. Hynes, 65, who lives in nearby Durham and attended a vigil with his wife, Heather, in Lisbon on Saturday night. “We need other people.”This weekend, as residents tried to process the worst mass shooting in the nation this year, they could finally meet up to mourn in person, sharing meals, filling churches or just giving one another a hug.

Persons: Patrick Hynes, “, ”, Mr, Hynes, Heather Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Durham, Lisbon

☆ US appeals court keeps California assault weapons ban in force
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Courtesy LBPD/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Saturday that California's assault weapons ban will remain in force while the state attorney general appeals a lower court decision declaring the 30-year-old measure unconstitutional. Bonta, a Democrat who called Benitez' decision "dangerous and misguided," welcomed Saturday's 9th Circuit order. California in 1989 became the first U.S. state to ban assault weapons, acting in the wake of a school shooting that killed five children and toughening the law the following year. Since then, California has restricted the manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation, sale or possession of firearms that qualify under the law as "assault weapons." But the 9th Circuit subsequently allowed that statute to remain in effect while the state appeals.

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☆ Maine’s Yellow Flag Gun Law Scrutinized After Mass Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Cameron Mcwhirter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Police are still searching for the Lewiston shooter who killed 18 people on Wednesday. Photo: Ashley L. Conti for The Wall Street JournalThis week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine has drawn new attention to a unique state law designed to prevent such tragedies. Maine’s measure, the only one in the nation known as a “yellow flag” law, was passed in 2019. It is a narrower version of “red flag” laws on the books in 21 states that allow authorities to temporarily seize guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or others.

Persons: Ashley L, Conti Organizations: Lewiston, Wall Locations: Lewiston , Maine

That’s when police say Card was committed to a mental health facility for two weeks after acting erratically and “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base. State Police troopers took Card, a sergeant 1st class, to the Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point for what would be two weeks of mental health evaluation. What New York State Police did about Card’s threats is unclear. “Just because there appears to be a mental health nexus to this scenario, the vast majority of people with mental health diagnosis will never hurt anybody,” Sauschuck said. She said someone dropped the ball because Card’s threats and medical evaluation should have triggered a yellow flag seizure of his guns when he returned home.

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Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training that included land navigation and firearms. Law enforcement prepare for a search for a gunman who killed 18 people two days ago, in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday. A law enforcement official said Friday that investigators have also recovered a cell phone that belonged to the suspect. The encounters happened 10 days after Card purchased the high-powered rifle at a Maine gun store, law enforcement sources said. A shelter in place sign is displayed in Lewiston, Maine, on October 27, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shooting.

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[1/3] A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023. Card appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck told reporters at a late-night briefing. He did not say how long the suspect was thought to have been dead or what led authorities to locate his body. The shootings and prolonged manhunt terrorized the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile hub and the second-most populous city in Maine. Lisbon Falls, where Card was found dead, is the next town along the river.

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☆ ‘Lewiston Strong’: After Mass Shooting, Residents Emerge With Grit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Jenna Russell | More About Jenna Russell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a sparkling October morning, with peak fall foliage blazing red and yellow, the residents of Lewiston emerged from two long days of lockdown on Saturday into a city forever changed. Sidewalks came to life. And the families of 18 people killed by a mass shooter here on Wednesday night tried to move on in a haze of grief, their losses piling an almost unbearable weight on a place that prides itself on its resilience. Lewiston, Maine — a city of 36,000 that feels more like a small town — sits away from the picturesque harbors and privileged enclaves of the coastline, in the sprawling inland interior of this vast rural state. With a history bookended by two waves of immigration, a century apart, and hollowed out by the lost textile mills that once defined its economy, it is frequently described by outsiders with well-worn, vaguely disparaging adjectives.

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☆ Maine mass shootings: Grieving Maine families grapple with unanswered questions after man accused of killing 18 is found dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Elizabeth Seal, wife of Joshua Seal who was killed in the shootings, told CNN she is still processing the fact that the suspect is dead. And I have no doubt that we’ll be okay.” Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline told CNN Saturday. Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training that included land navigation and firearms. For two days, residents of the normally quiet area saw law enforcement officers with long guns surrounding and searching various locations. Card had recently been fired from the recycling center, a law enforcement source told CNN.

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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sunshine and a sense of relief swept through central Maine on Saturday with word that a man who was on the loose for two days after authorities said he killed 18 people had been found dead. Political Cartoons View All 1223 Images“This situation brought that back up in our minds, and brought back all those traumatic feelings. And then we had traumatic feelings now for this new place that we call home,” Brown said. “Our hearts are heavy for everyone involved.”One family of four from southern Maine spent Saturday afternoon handing out flowers to strangers in downtown Lewiston. We’re all making sure we get help for our children and help for ourselves.”___Ramer reporter from Concord, New Hampshire.

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The man who killed 18 people and wounded 13 more in Lewiston, Maine, marking the deadliest mass shooting in America this year, had paranoid beliefs that people were talking about him and may have been hearing voices, the authorities said on Saturday. The attack sparked a two-day manhunt that ended on Friday night when police found the man dead in a trailer at a recycling plant in Lisbon, where he had once worked. Officials said he appeared to have shot himself. The revelation brought a sense of relief through Lewiston and neighboring towns, where residents had been sheltering in place and many businesses were shuttered. On Saturday, officials provided more details about the gunman, who was in the Army Reserve and had grown up in Bowdoin, near Lewiston.

Persons: Robert R Organizations: Army Reserve Locations: Lewiston , Maine, America, Lisbon, Lewiston, Bowdoin

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Republicans in Congress to help keep Americans safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people. The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday night was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot. That ended an intensive two-day search for the gunman. “I once again call on Republicans in Congress to fulfill their obligation to keep the American people safe. Until that day comes, I will continue to do everything in my power to end this gun violence epidemic.

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The man suspected of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, officials said, ending a sweeping manhunt that had forced thousands of residents throughout the region to remain in their homes. The body of the man, Robert R. Card II, 40, was found at a recycling center where he used to work, according to authorities briefed on the matter. The owner of Maine Recycling, Leo Madden, confirmed in an interview that the suspect had worked at the company, which is in Lisbon Falls, a little more than 10 miles southeast of Lewiston. Commissioner Michael J. Sauschuck of the Maine Department of Public Safety said the body was found at 7:45 p.m. but did not specify when officials think the suspect died. The hunt for Mr. Card had extended across much of a largely rural state with many potential hiding places, producing an atmosphere of high anxiety as helicopters whirred over farms and forests, police cruisers roared along rural roads and divers plunged into the chilly waters of the Androscoggin River.

Persons: Robert R, Leo Madden, Michael J, Card Organizations: Maine Recycling, Maine Department of Public Safety Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine, Lisbon Falls, Lewiston, Androscoggin

LEWISTON, Maine—Police were set to send divers into a local river Friday near the last known location of the Maine shooting suspect Robert Card, who remains at large following the deadliest U.S. mass shooting this year. Army reservist Card, 40, is wanted for murder in connection with a rampage that left 18 dead and 13 injured in two separate attacks Wednesday. As the manhunt entered its third day, law-enforcement were chasing more than 500 tips and shelter-in-place orders remained in effect.

Persons: Robert Card Organizations: Maine — Police, Army Locations: LEWISTON, Maine

LEWISTON, Maine—The suspect in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. this year was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night, law-enforcement officials said. Robert Card was found around 7:45 p.m. in Lisbon Falls, Maine, just outside Lewiston, the site of Wednesday’s massacre, officials said at a press briefing Friday night.

Persons: Robert Card Locations: LEWISTON, Maine, U.S, Lisbon Falls , Maine, Lewiston

☆ Manhunt for Mass-Shooting Suspect Turns Maine’s Second-Largest City Into Ghost Town
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | Photographs Ashley L. Conti For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LEWISTON, Maine—Carolyn Scott spent hours huddled in the basement of Christ Temple Church of God in Christ in nearby Auburn, with her pastor and a dozen other bible study participants, after someone’s phone rang with the news: a gunman was on the loose. It was shortly after 7 p.m. They sought safety with each other until midnight, praying for peace until they finally felt safe enough to try to quickly get out. She hasn’t left her home since, heeding a shelter-in-place order that is closing schools and businesses for a second consecutive day.

Persons: Carolyn Scott, hasn’t Organizations: Temple, of God Locations: LEWISTON, Maine, Auburn

LEWISTON, Maine—Those lost in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. this year include a husband and wife in their 70s, a 14-year-old boy and his father and four deaf people who were playing in a weekly cornhole league, Maine authorities said Friday. Police released names as they began scouring a local river and ran down more than 500 tips on the possible whereabouts of shooting suspect Robert Card, who remains at large following the rampage Wednesday night in Lewiston that left 18 dead and 13 injured.

Persons: Robert Card Organizations: Police Locations: LEWISTON, Maine, U.S, Lewiston

☆ Live updates: Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting; Manhunt for suspect Robert Card underway
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The horror began around 7 p.m. Wednesday in the city of Lewiston, where authorities say Card opened fire at Just-in-Time Recreation and then later at Schemengees Bar & Grille. In addition to the 18 people killed, 13 others were injured, Maine Gov. The shooting and subsequent manhunt spurred shelter-in-place orders for Androscoggin and northern Sagadahoc counties, which encompass Lewiston and the nearby Auburn and Lisbon communities. “Seeing the cops coming around here, that makes me feel a million times better.”Hundreds of shootings a year: Wednesday night’s massacre appears to be the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. Overall, at least 566 mass shootings have happened this year across the country, with four or more shot excluding the shooter, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

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☆ Night Out in Lewiston Turns Deadly for a Group of Deaf Friends
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Jenna Russell | More About Jenna Russell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Josh Seal and Bryan MacFarlane reveled in their Wednesday night outings at Schemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston, playing on a cornhole team that was all their own. For their nine-member team, part of a competitive cornhole league hosted by the bar, the weekly matches were a rare and treasured chance to socialize with other deaf adults. On Wednesday evening, not long after gathering with their team, Mr. Seal and Mr. McFarlane were among those fatally shot by a rampaging gunman. “Some of them were really passionate about the competition, but really, it was just an opportunity for deaf folks to hang out together, apart from the hearing world,” said Mr. Seal’s wife, Elizabeth Seal, who is also deaf and signed through an interpreter. “To be together and communicate with your people in your language — it is priceless.”

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LEWISTON, Maine, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead of a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, ending a 48-hour manhunt that followed the most lethal episode of gun violence in the state's history. "He is dead," Maine Governor Janet Mills told a news conference, thanking the hundreds of officers from various agencies involved in the search. Card died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Mike Sauschuck, Maine's Department of Public Safety commissioner. [1/6]Maine's Governor Janet Mills holds a news conference after Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 27, 2023. Nine deaf people were playing in a weekly tournament at Schemengees, the sister of one of the victims told the Lewiston Sun Journal.

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