A commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations contained in a report that said self-dispatching police officers created ‘chaos’ during a search for the gunman
Oct 25 killings
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Lewiston shooter’s family testifies before commission investigating Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Several members of Robert Card’s family, including his sister and ex-wife, spoke Thursday about how they tried to get him help for months before he killed 18 people in October.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
New podcast focuses on guns in aftermath of mass shooting in Lewiston
Host Tim Boyum said Lewiston looks normal now, but ‘intense pain’ remains as people search for solutions.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Robert Card’s family to testify before Lewiston commission
Family members of the Lewiston gunman and an official from the Army Reserve’s psychological health program will testify Thursday in front of the commission investigating the mass shooting.
Posted inLocal & State
Sagadahoc deputy criticized by Lewiston shooting commission blasts its report as ‘misleading’
Sgt. Aaron Skolfield on Tuesday filed a 20-page response with the commission investigating the mass shooting, saying members unfairly targeted his actions when they have yet to finish their work.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Just-In-Time Recreation reopens for business 6 months after deadly Lewiston shooting
More than 6 months after a deadly shooting at the business, the lanes were open again and bowling clans were reunited.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
23 people died on the job in Maine last year, including 3 killed in the Lewiston mass shooting
As Maine leads the country in workplace injury rates, labor advocates are calling on the government to strengthen safety protections and enforcement.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Just-In-Time Recreation one of few mass shooting sites in country to reopen
This week’s planned reopening of Lewiston bowling alley at 24 Mollison Way runs counter to national trend.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Mills allows waiting period for gun sales to become law; vetoes bump stock ban
The governor let the 72-hour pause pass without her signature, saying she was ‘deeply conflicted.’ She vetoed a second bill that would have banned rapid-fire devices.