Authorities carried out a massive search Thursday for a man who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and bar in Maine that sent panicked patrons hiding under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state in fear.
Frightened residents stayed locked in their homes Thursday in cities as much as 50 miles away under a shelter-in-place advisory.
Col. William Ross of Maine State Police said seven people died from gunshot wounds at the bowling alley shooting. Eight died in the bar shooting, one of whom was outside. Three people transferred to hospitals also died. The first shooting took place at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley, and the second at Schemengees Bar and Grille about 4 miles away, Moss said. A number of parents and children were at Sparetime as part of a children's bowling league.
"I was putting on my bowling shoes when when it started. I've been barefoot for five hours," he said. "I know that the people of Lewiston are enduring immeasurable pain," Mills said at the news conference."I wish I could take that pain from you, but I promise you this, we will all help you carry this grief."
"I could not believe it -- that this is happening again. It's happening to my son after it just happened to my daughter," she said in a phone interview Thursday. It's the 36th mass killing in the United States this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
Author Stephen King responded to the shootings Thursday morning in a pair of posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. "I think this is about our laws, frankly. That we cannot seem to pass any sort of sensible gun laws or attack mental health in the way we should," she said."And our kids are paying the price. And even if they're not killed or injured, the trauma that is going to linger long past the semester is palpable."
The Canada Border Services Agency has issued an 'armed and dangerous' alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-U.S. border, warning them to be on the lookout for the man suspected of fatally shooting at least 18 people in southern Maine.The family of a man who killed four people -- including three children -- before turning a gun on himself has identified the shooter as Bobbie Hallaert, according to The Canadian Press.
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