Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck confirms that the recent shootings in Lewiston had a clear mental health component. The suspect, Robert Card, was found dead after an extensive manhunt. Authorities had searched the area and found a note in Card's residence indicating his intentions.
WATCH: Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said on Saturday that there was “clearly” a mental health component to the Wednesday Lewiston shootings that left at least 18 people dead, after state officials confirmed on Friday night that the suspect Robert Card had been found dead.“There’s a piece of that where there’s paranoia, there is some conspiracy theorists piece that, I think that what I’ve read and what I’ve seen is that the individual felt like people were talking about him.
He added: “Just because there appears to be a mental health nexus to this scenario, the vast, vast, vast majority of people… with a mental health diagnosis will never hurt anybody.”An image of a recycling facility where law enforcement found the body of Robert Card, the suspect in this week’s mass shootings, is displayed as Maine Commissioner of Public Safety Mike Sauschuck speaks during a news conference in Lewiston, Maine, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.
A bulletin sent to police across the country shortly after the attack, which was viewed by the Associated Press, said Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this past summer after “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base.Sauschuck said Saturday that he doesn’t believe the allegation that Card was “hearing voices” is accurate.
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