An FBI bulletin included in the 3,000 pages of documents state police released Friday said Robert Card frightened a friend with his erratic behavior just before the mass shooting in Lewiston, but the man later admitted to police that he was lying.
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Lewiston gunman’s ex-girlfriend doesn’t believe he was trying to target her
Johanna Carr said Robert Card could have easily figured out ahead of time if she was at Schemengees and would have known that she wouldn’t have been at Just-in-Time Recreation, the two places where Card killed 18 people in October.
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State police documents reveal details of suicide note left by Lewiston gunman
The Maine State Police on Friday released more than 3,000 pages of heavily redacted documents from their investigation into the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Maine’s congressional delegation seeks review of military efforts to prevent blast-related brain injuries
The request follows a determination that the Army reservist responsible for the Lewiston mass shooting had likely suffered brain injuries during military training.
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Two Lewiston shooting victims memorialized at Pettengill Park ball fields
More than one person Sunday used the word ‘fitting’ to describe naming the fields after ballplayers Joe Walker and Tricia Asselin.
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Sheriff denies that officers responding to Lewiston mass shooting had been drinking
‘I am confident that our members responded to the mass casualty event in Lewiston in both a sober and professional manner,’ Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said.
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Commission questions state police about delay in searching lot where Lewiston gunman was found
Police, meanwhile, brought up their concerns about leaked information and officers self-deploying during the two-day manhunt for Robert Card.
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Lewiston shooting commission to take up report of ‘utter chaos’ during manhunt
On Friday, the panel investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history intends to address some of the accusations contained in the report claiming self-dispatching police officers created ‘chaos’ during a search for the gunman.
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‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Lewiston shooter’s family testifies before commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Several members of Robert Card’s family, including his sister and ex-wife, spoke Thursday about how they tried to get him help for months before he killed 18 people in October.