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Authorities have been beforehand deployed to the alleged Maine shooter’s residence, police stated.
Police stated Monday that suspect Robert Card was visited by police a number of occasions earlier than his demise. The native sheriff’s division revealed they responded to Card’s residence in Might, on account of household issues over the person’s well being, in keeping with a press launch.
“Like many individuals, I’m respiratory an indication of aid tonight figuring out that Robert Card is not a risk to anybody,” Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills. “I additionally know that his demise may not carry solace to many. However now’s a time to heal.”
The household’s concern about Card’s psychological well being dated again to early this yr earlier than the sheriff’s workplace was contacted in Might, in keeping with the AP.
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An undated picture from Robert Card’s Fb account exhibiting him in a blue t-shirt in opposition to a beige background. (Robert Card/Fb)
A deputy visited Card in Sphenometer, however he was not there.
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Card underwent a psychological well being analysis final summer season after he started appearing erratically at an Military coaching facility in New York, officers stated. A bulletin despatched to police shortly after final week’s assault stated Card had been dedicated to a psychological well being facility for 2 weeks after “listening to voices and threats to shoot up” a army base.
Regulation enforcement brokers help within the seek for Robert Card alongside close by railroad tracks by the Androscoggin River in Lisbon, Maine on Friday, October 27, 2023. A manhunt is on for Card, the suspect in Wednesday’s mass capturing in neighboring Lewiston. (David McGlynn for Fox Information Digital)
He was discovered lifeless by the dumpster close to a recycling plant in Lisbon Falls, Maine with an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound, police confirmed. Police didn’t give a precise location.
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Regulation enforcement brokers help within the seek for Robert Card over at a close-by boat slip in Lisbon, Maine on Friday, October 27, 2023. A manhunt is on for Card, the suspect in Wednesday’s mass capturing in neighboring Lewiston. (David McGlynn for Fox Information Digital)
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On Friday, Maine officers recognized the deceased victims as: Ronald Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer Ross, 40; Joshua Seal, 35; Brian MacFarlane, 41; Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx Hathaway, 35; Stephen Vozella, 45; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael R. Deslauriers II, 51; Jason Adam Walker 51; Tricia Asselin, 53; William Younger, 44; Aaron Younger, 14; Robert Violette, 76 and Lucille Violette, 73; William Frank Brackett, 44; and Keith Macneir, 64.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
