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Ecology Action Centre calls for immediate implementation of Coastal Protection Act | SaltWire - Hundreds of police fanned out across the state of Maine hunting for a man wanted in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of Lewiston, as news outlets reported a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded.State and local police identified Robert R.
Several media reported that a Maine law enforcement bulletin identified Card as a trained firearms instructor and member of the U.S. Army reserve who recently reported that he had mental health issues, including hearing voices. It also said he threatened to shoot up a National Guard base. The army did not immediately respond to requests for information about Card, including details on his service record.
Lewiston is a former textile hub and town of 38,000 people in Androscoggin County about 35 miles north of Maine's largest city, Portland. At a reunification center in Lewiston's"sister city" Auburn, just across the Androscoggin River, some families were discovering that relatives who had been at the bar and bowling alley had been killed in the shooting, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque told reporters.
The president spoke by phone individually to Maine Governor Janet Mills, Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, and Congressman Jared Golden about the shooting in Lewiston and offered full federal support in the wake of the attack, the White House said.
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