Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said Robert Card’s body was found in Lisbon around 7:45 p.m. Friday. He confirmed that the man, accused of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Church leaders hold prayer vigil for Mainers affected by Lewiston shooting
Almost 500 people signed up for Thursday night’s Zoom vigil for the 18 people killed and 13 injured in Wednesday’s violence.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Police still hunting for suspect more than 24 hours after 18 people killed in Lewiston
Police have issued murder warrants for Robert Card, of Bowdoin, in the shootings that spawned a night of terror for people at bowling alley and a bar.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World
Maine shooting is the 36th – and deadliest – mass killing in the U.S. this year
So far this year, the nation has witnessed the second-highest number on record of mass killings and deaths to this point in a single year.
Posted inNation / World, News
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5 million to families over 2019 racist attack
Patrick Crusius was 21 when he killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers. There is no indication the now 25-year-old has significant assets.
Posted inNation / World
Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime
Families won nearly $1.5 billion in judgments against Jones in lawsuits over repeated promotion of a false theory that the school shooting never happened.
Posted inNation / World, News
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
The DOJ has placed a moratorium on federal executions and has declined to authorize the death penalty in hundreds of new cases, but federal prosecutors said death was the appropriate punishment for Bowers.
Posted inNation / World, News
Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say
Authorities say officers shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Why do mass shooters kill?
Is there ever a satisfactory answer to questions about what motivated a mass shooter? There is, but it’s not what you think.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Give Americans the gun restrictions they want
California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would enshrine several popular restrictions on firearm purchases.