Local & State
In October 2023, a local Army Reservist opened fire inside two family businesses in Lewiston, a small city north of Portland. Within minutes, 18 were killed and 13 wounded – and the largely pro-gun state was left reeling. The Portland Press Herald and Maine Public examine the failures and aftermath in collaboration with an upcoming FRONTLINE documentary.
How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting
Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.
BREAKDOWN DOCUMENTARY
FRONTLINE, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public investigate the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history and the missed opportunities to prevent it. The documentary examines breakdowns with police, military and mental health care in the lead-up to the Lewiston shooting in October 2023.
Airs on December 10, 2024
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The group of lawyers and mental health experts has held more than a dozen public meetings lasting hundreds of hours to investigate the facts surrounding the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston.
Breakdown podcast: Turning anguish into action
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Local & State
A year after the Lewiston mass shooting, six portraits of grief
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Lewiston counseling center helps community navigate grief from mass shooting
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A Maine law could have forced the Lewiston mass shooter into psychiatric treatment. Why wasn’t it used?
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4 key findings about Maine’s law to compel mental health treatment
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Cops & Courts
The 48 hours of confusion, chaos and fear after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting raise questions about police training
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Cops & Courts
See a map of how Maine law enforcement responded to the Lewiston mass shooting
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Lewiston commission’s final report details reasons for shooter’s release from hospital
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Lewiston-Auburn
The ‘time for accountability’ is at hand, lawyers for mass shooting victims say
Attorneys for about 90 family members and victims vow action for 'massive failures' by authorities who didn't stop the gunman despite repeated warnings.
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Army says it couldn’t use N.Y.’s red flag law to disarm Lewiston gunman
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Cops & Courts
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
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‘I’ll never give up on you’: Lewiston shooter’s friends knew he needed help
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Sagadahoc sheriff candidates don’t want Lewiston mass shooting to define them
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Army Reserve commander defends unit’s response to Lewiston shooter’s mental health
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Cops & Courts
Commission: Police should have seized Lewiston shooter’s guns months before tragedy
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Army gave Lewiston gunman glowing review 6 months before massacre
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Why didn’t Sagadahoc deputies charge Lewiston gunman with terrorizing?
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Local & State
‘Do not open that door for nobody’: Dozens called 911 in first minutes after Lewiston shootings began
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Six police departments, including Portland, have used Maine’s yellow flag law for the first time since Lewiston shootings
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The FBI set a standard for active shooter training. Ten years later, Maine still isn’t widely using it.
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‘I should have died’: 4 friends recount the horror of the Lewiston shootings
These stories are part of an ongoing collaboration with FRONTLINE (PBS) and Maine Public that includes an upcoming documentary. They are supported through FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.