Authorities in Maine discovered the body of Robert Card, the man suspected of killing 18 people in Lewiston. Card, who also injured 13 others during a shooting rampage, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The weapons used in the shooting were legally purchased, and Card had a history of mental illness.
Police teams had already searched a recycling centre in Maine twice before eventually finding the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people in Lewiston, authorities said Saturday.
As for why Card chose his targets, Sauschuck said it was likely due to paranoia, that he thought people were talking about him. Whitney Pelletier hung a hand-drawn “Lewiston Strong” sign in the glass door of her downtown cafe, Forage, on Saturday morning.“Last night when they found his body, I think the fear that I had been holding onto just living in downtown Lewiston was replaced with sadness,” she said.
“Like many people I’m breathing a sigh of relief tonight knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone,” Mills said. On Wednesday, Card attacked the bowling alley first, then went to the bar. Police were quickly sent to both locations but Card was able to escape. For the next two days authorities scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of Card’s family-owned property, and sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of the Androscoggin River.
The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf said the shootings killed at least four members of their community.
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