The body of a U.S. Army reservist who went on a shooting spree, killing 18 people in a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, has been found. The suspect, Robert Card, was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The city is now beginning the healing process after a days-long lockdown.
Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said the teams that cleared the facility included a tactical team. He said another state police team returned and found Robert Card’s body on Friday night.LEWISTON, Maine — The city of Lewison, Maine, embarked upon a healing process — and a search for answers — on Saturday, a day after the body was found of a U.S. Army reservist who authorities said opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and killed 18 people.
Like other local businesses, Forage has been closed for days as police searched for the man who fatally shot 18 people at a bar and a bowling alley in Maine’s second largest city. She said the dead include one of their regular customers and that her boyfriend knew others. Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said Card was found at 7:45 p.m. near the Androscoggin River, about 8 miles southeast of where the second shooting occurred Wednesday evening. He declined to divulge the location but an official told The Associated Press the body was at a recycling center from which Card had been fired.
Card was a U.S. Army reservist. Leo Madden, who said he ran Maine Recycling Corp. for decades, told the AP that Card worked there for a couple of years and nothing about him stood out. Madden said he didn’t remember when Card was employed or whether he was fired or quit. Law enforcement officials had said they hadn't seen Card since his vehicle was left at a boat ramp Wednesday shortly after the shootings.
The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf said the shootings killed at least four members of their community. Pope Francis sent a Saturday telegram to the bishop of Portland, Robert Deeley, saying he was “deeply saddened to learn of the terrible loss of life resulting from the mass shooting.”
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