Maine shooter’s commanding Army officer acknowledges his inaction over missed counseling sessions
8 months, 1 week ago

Maine shooter’s commanding Army officer acknowledges his inaction over missed counseling sessions

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history acknowledged to an independent commission on Thursday that he didn’t take action when the reservist skipped counselor sessions, and didn’t attempt to verify that the shooter’s family took away his guns. The reservist, Sean Hodgson, told Reamer that he reached out to Card’s family in Bowdoin and that family members agreed to take away his guns after he was hospitalized. Reamer said he thought those actions were adequate, and insisted that as an Army Reserve officer, he had no jurisdiction over Card’s personal guns. In its interim report released last month, the commission concluded that the Sagadahoc County sheriff’s office had probable cause under Maine’s “yellow flag” law to take Card into custody and seize his guns because he was experiencing a psychiatric crisis and was a danger to others.

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Army, Police Missed Chances To Intervene Before Gunman Killed 18 In Mass Shootings
4 months ago

Army, Police Missed Chances To Intervene Before Gunman Killed 18 In Mass Shootings

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LEWISTON, Maine — Both the Army Reserve and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people. The …

Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine’s deadliest shooting
4 months ago

Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine’s deadliest shooting

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and initiate steps to seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people. The starkest warning came …

Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says
4 months ago

Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says

LA Times  

Members of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, listen as Nicole Herling, below left, sister of shooter Robert Card, testifies in May. Both the Army Reserve and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest …

New York law couldn’t be used to disarm reservist before Maine shooting, Army official says
5 months, 1 week ago

New York law couldn’t be used to disarm reservist before Maine shooting, Army official says

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Army couldn’t use New York’s red flag law to disarm a reservist experiencing a mental health crisis before a mass shooting in Maine because he was not a New York resident, a nurse practitioner told an independent commission. Dickison told commissioners on Thursday that he attempted to use New York’s SAFE Act to temporarily seize Card’s …

Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat’ profile upon leaving hospital
6 months, 1 week ago

Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat’ profile upon leaving hospital

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves told an investigatory panel on Monday that a reservist who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history had a low threat profile when he left a psychiatric hospital prior to the killings. One reservist, Sean Hodgson, told superiors Sept. 15: “I believe he’s going to snap and do a …

Maine shooting exposes gaps in mental health treatment and communication practices, official says
6 months, 1 week ago

Maine shooting exposes gaps in mental health treatment and communication practices, official says

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — An Army health official told a panel investigating a mass shooting by a reservist who was experiencing a psychiatric breakdown that there are limitations in health care coverage for reservists compared with full-time soldiers. There are no Army hospitals in New England, and reservists generally don’t qualify for care through Veterans Administration hospitals, so they are likely …

Self-deploying officers and a leaked bulletin complicated Maine mass shooting response, police say
7 months ago

Self-deploying officers and a leaked bulletin complicated Maine mass shooting response, police say

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Maine’s top police leader addressed the chaos caused by officers arriving without assignments after the state’s deadliest mass shooting, saying Friday that he was glad so many officers were eager to help, even though it was difficult to manage at times. Col. William Ross, the state police chief, said there’s no “overarching policy” on self-dispatching police officers …

Gunman’s family told deputy before Maine’s deadliest shooting that they hadn’t removed his weapons
7 months, 1 week ago

Gunman’s family told deputy before Maine’s deadliest shooting that they hadn’t removed his weapons

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — Police have said repeatedly in the aftermath of Maine’s deadliest shooting that officers thought the gunman’s family had been taking his weapons away. Testifying before an investigative committee on Thursday, the gunman’s sister-in-law suggested that law enforcement officers should have known this wasn’t true, because she and her husband, Ryan Card, told a deputy on the phone …

Army reservist’s family describes struggle to get him help before mass shooting in Maine
7 months, 1 week ago

Army reservist’s family describes struggle to get him help before mass shooting in Maine

LA Times  

Cara Lamb, ex-wife of shooter Robert Card, testifies in Augusta, Maine, to the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Hearing public testimony from Robert Card’s family for the first time, an independent commission investigating the mass shooting opened with Card’s sister, Nicole Herling, and her husband, James Herling, on Thursday. One reservist, …

Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before gunman’s attack in Maine
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before gunman’s attack in Maine

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine’s deadliest mass shooting testified Thursday about his friend’s mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded. Hodgson told a panel investigating the mass shooting on Thursday that he issued the warning to superiors after Card’s delusional and …

Fellow reservists who served with Maine killer before mass shootings say they warned of his decline
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Fellow reservists who served with Maine killer before mass shootings say they warned of his decline

LA Times  

Sean Hodgson waits to be called to give testimony Thursday in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Fellow U.S. Army reservists who witnessed the mental and physical decline of a colleague who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told a commission investigating the killings Thursday …

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers following Lewiston mass shooting
8 months ago

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers following Lewiston mass shooting

LA Times  

Law enforcement officers stand near armored and tactical vehicles in Bowdoin, Maine, following a mass shooting Oct. 26 that killed 18 and injured another 13. The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after …

Law Enforcement Should've Seized Man's Guns Weeks Before Maine Mass Shootings: Report
9 months, 1 week ago

Law Enforcement Should've Seized Man's Guns Weeks Before Maine Mass Shootings: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PORTLAND, Maine — Law enforcement should have seized a man’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, a report found Friday. Leroy Walker, whose son Joseph was killed in the shootings, said the commission’s finding that the yellow flag law could have been implemented but wasn’t reflected what victims’ …

Law enforcement should have seized man’s guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds
9 months, 1 week ago

Law enforcement should have seized man’s guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds

LA Times  

Law enforcement should have seized a man’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, a commission has found. Commission Chair Daniel Wathen said that the panel’s work wasn’t finished and that the interim report was intended to provide policymakers and law enforcement with key information. Mills said the panel’s work is of …

Law enforcement should have seized man’s guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds
9 months, 1 week ago

Law enforcement should have seized man’s guns weeks before he killed 18 in Maine, report finds

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Law enforcement should have seized a man’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, a report found Friday. Leroy Walker, whose son Joseph was killed in the shootings, said the commission’s finding that the yellow flag law could have been implemented but wasn’t reflected what victims’ families have known …

Evidence of traumatic brain injury seen in shooter who killed 18 in Maine
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence of traumatic brain injury seen in shooter who killed 18 in Maine

LA Times  

New York State police interview Army reservist Robert Card at Camp Smith in Cortlandt, N.Y., in July, three months before his shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine. “While I cannot say with certainty that these pathological findings underlie Mr. Card’s behavioral changes in the last 10 months of life, based on our previous work, brain injury likely played a role in …

In video, Maine gunman said reservists were scared because he was ‘capable’ of doing something
10 months, 1 week ago

In video, Maine gunman said reservists were scared because he was ‘capable’ of doing something

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — An Army reservist responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was “gonna friggin’ do something.” Reservist Robert Card told troopers who escorted him to a hospital in upstate New York that fellow reservists and others kept talking about …

Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush
10 months, 1 week ago

Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush. State Police Chief Col. Bill Ross told an independent panel appointed by the governor that the shooting was “extremely challenging” because …

Maine governor announces series of proposals following state’s deadliest shooting
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maine governor announces series of proposals following state’s deadliest shooting

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Janet Mills called Tuesday evening for strengthening the state’s yellow flag law, boosting background checks for private sales of weapons and bolstering mental crisis care, telling lawmakers that there’s broad support for action to prevent future tragedies following the deadliest mass shooting in state history. Mills also wants to require background checks for advertised private …

He warned authorities about the Maine gunman, but they downplayed his texts. Now he’s speaking out
11 months, 1 week ago

He warned authorities about the Maine gunman, but they downplayed his texts. Now he’s speaking out

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. “I don’t know how clear I could have gotten.” AP AUDIO: The warning signs were there but Maine authorities declined to confront Robert Card. “ I didn’t want any of this for anybody.” In text messages sent to his supervisor, Sean Hodgson shares …

Authorities knew Maine shooter was a threat
1 year ago

Authorities knew Maine shooter was a threat

LA Times  

This still image from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office shows dash-camera video from Sept. 16 as police approach Robert Card’s father’s house. Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to …

A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist
1 year ago

A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency’s response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, but it does reveal missed opportunities to intervene to prevent the tragedy, legal experts said Friday. Despite receiving warnings about the man’s …

Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined for injury related to Army Reserves
1 year ago

Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined for injury related to Army Reserves

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — A tissue sample from the brain of a gunman who killed 18 people and injured 13 others in Maine has been sent to a lab in Massachusetts to be examined for signs of injury or trauma related to his service in the Army Reserves, officials said Monday. The state’s chief medical examiner wants to know if a …

Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation into Lewiston shooting
1 year ago

Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation into Lewiston shooting

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Maine’s congressional delegation is calling for the Army to investigate the events that lead up to the October mass shooting - the deadliest in the state’s history - by one of its reservists. The delegation said Friday that Army officials have informed them that there will be an administrative investigation into the events that preceded Card’s death. …

Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre
1 year, 1 month ago

Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — A history of mental illness. Card threatened to shoot up the Army reserve drill center in Saco, Maine, and other places, and said that he was going to get “them.” “Since the commander and I are the ones who had him committed we are the ‘them,’” wrote the unidentified letter writer. “He also said I was the …

Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre
1 year, 1 month ago

Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre

LA Times  

Lucy Allard, 5, and her brother Zeke Allard, 8, set up crosses Saturday in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. It’s unclear when the letter was sent, but the writer describes getting a call from a friend of Card’s who was concerned Card was “going to snap and commit a mass shooting.” The letter was …

Maine mass shooter’s troubling behavior raised concerns for months, documents show
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass shooter’s troubling behavior raised concerns for months, documents show

Associated Press  

Authorities publicly identified Robert Card as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others during attacks last week at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. Here’s a look at some of the interactions he had with sheriff’s deputies, his family and members of his Army Reserve unit, as …

Maine mass shooter's troubling behavior raised concerns for months, documents show
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass shooter's troubling behavior raised concerns for months, documents show

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here's a look at some of the interactions he …

Army, Police Knew About Maine Mass Shooter's Concerning Behavior
1 year, 1 month ago

Army, Police Knew About Maine Mass Shooter's Concerning Behavior

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LEWISTON, Maine — Authorities in Maine spent Monday piecing together the events that led to the worst mass shooting in the state’s history — with the gunman’s record of interaction with police and warning signs involving mental illness and violent threats emerging as key threads. A bulletin sent to police shortly after last week’s attack said Card …

Maine National Guard Thought Lewiston Mass Shooter Would Snap: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine National Guard Thought Lewiston Mass Shooter Would Snap: Report

Huff Post  

A man photographs a makeshift memorial at Veteran's Memorial Park on Oct. 29, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. AP Photo/Matt York Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people in Maine, the Maine National Guard shared concerns with local law enforcement that he was going to “snap and commit a mass shooting,” CNN reported Monday. On Sept. 16, a sergeant from …

Maine mass shooter’s family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff’s office says
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass shooter’s family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff’s office says

LA Times  

Outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, a video screen is set up Sunday before a vigil for mass shooting victims. Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said …

Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Police missed two clear opportunities to end a dragnet that locked down and terrified Maine’s second-largest city after a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar following a recent spiral into paranoia. Lisbon Police Chief Ryan McGee said law enforcement scoured the Maine Recycling Corp. property, where Card once worked, and cleared it …

Maine mass shooter heard voices, may have embraced conspiracy theories, officials say
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass shooter heard voices, may have embraced conspiracy theories, officials say

LA Times  

This poster provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows victims killed in the Lewiston shootings. But authorities said Saturday they were not aware of any “forcible” mental health visits but are continuing to piece together Card’s history. I do believe that there’s a connection, as if this gentleman had been in both of those spots.” Sauschuck also did …

Inside the 24-hour manhunt for the Maine shooting suspect who killed 18
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside the 24-hour manhunt for the Maine shooting suspect who killed 18

Firstpost  

\An extensive search has been ongoing since Thursday for Robert Card, an army reservist, by heavily armed police and FBI agents. Maine’s largest city, Portland, closed its public buildings, while the Canada Border Services Agency issued an “armed and dangerous” alert to its officers stationed along the US border. The report said, “Dubee said Card has received awards for his …

Social media posts spread incorrect photo of suspect in Maine shootings
54 years, 11 months ago

Social media posts spread incorrect photo of suspect in Maine shootings

Associated Press  

CLAIM: A mugshot shows that the suspect in the mass shooting in Maine is a registered sex offender who cannot legally possess a firearm. Police in Lewiston, Maine, shared a photo of Robert R. Card, a 40-year-old U.S. Army reservist from Bowdoin, in connection with the mass shooting Wednesday night. “Lewiston Maine Mass Shooting Suspect Robert Card Has Been Previously …

Maine mass shooting: Who is suspected gunman Robert Card on the run?
1 year, 1 month ago

Maine mass shooting: Who is suspected gunman Robert Card on the run?

Firstpost  

Robert Card, 40, is a twice-divorced father of three children. _‘_Armed and dangerous’ Police said Card “should be considered armed and dangerous,” as per NBC News. “If people see him, they should not approach Card or make contact with him in any way,” Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck was quoted as saying. ‘Fluid situation’ However, Michael Sauschuck, commissioner of …

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