Maine police report seven killed at bowling alley, eight at restaurant in mass shooting
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Police say they were attempting to serve a warrant at Robert Card’s home on Thursday night as dramatic scenes unfolded in Maine.
Officers could be heard shouting for someone to come out and walk to the front of the property and TV news crews were asked to switch off their lights.
Officers ordered someone inside to come out of the rural “with nothing in their hands” and that their “safety could be guaranteed.” Armoured trucks eventually left the scene after several hours.
As the manhunt to catch the “armed and dangerous” suspect wanted in connection to two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and 13 injured, neared its 24th hour, CNN reported loud bangs from the vicinity of Robert Card’s home in the vicinity of Bowdoin.
There was speculation that the noise could have been flash bangs used by police in stand-offs with armed suspects. Shortly after, a video emerged of law enforcement outside a property with a loudhailer heard to announce: “FBI! Open the door!”
On Wednesday night, a gunman opened fire in the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley and then the Schemengees Bar & Grille at around 7pm. Terrifying surveillance footage grabs showed the shooter armed with a rifle. The first victims have now been named by family members.
An intensive manhunt for 40-year-old Mr Card began and he was formally identified as the suspect in the now active homicide investigation during a press conference on Thursday morning.
Residents across Maine have been sheltered in place since Wednesday night.
Warning: Disturbing images
Map: Where the shootings took place and area under shelter-in-place order
Here’s where the incidents unfolded on Wednesday night:
White House calls on new Speaker to find common ground on gun control in wake of Maine tragedy
At today’s White House press conference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gave the following statement ahead of questions from the press corps.
I wanted to start with a word about the horrific news out of Lewiston, Maine last night, where we saw another tragic shooting that has taken at least 18 lives, injured many others and left countless people in grief, shock and trauma.
As the President said in a statement earlier today, he and the First Lady are praying for the victims and their families for those still fighting for their lives. And for the families, survivors and community members reeling from this latest act of gun violence. And importantly, we continue to urge all residents to heed the warnings and guidance of local officials and federal law enforcement are on the ground to assist with the response.
During the state dinner last night, the President was informed and stepped out to receive an initial briefing of the shooting. Later he stepped out to speak with Maine governor Janet Mills as well as senators Collins and King and Congressman Jared Golden. He pledged full federal support in the wake of this horrific tragedy. This morning the President received another briefing on the shooting from senior advisors and he ordered that the US flag be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds out of respect for all the victims as well. So I want to echo the President’s sentiments on this strategy, tragedy and the epidemic of gun violence in general. This is not normal. We cannot accept this. There have been literally hundreds of mass shootings in the last year alone, leaving empty seats at dinner tables across the country and leaving those who survive these heinous acts, both physically and mentally. scarred.
And while we have made progress since the President signed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, much more, much more must be done.
And the president has been clear that executive action alone is just not enough.
As the vice president —who oversees the newly established office of gun violence and prevention — stated during today’s state lunch, and I know many of you watched very closely as well, and she said it doesn’t have to be this way.
As our friends in Australia have demonstrated. Again, it does not have to be this way. It’s within Congress’s power to pass legislation that will make our streets safer that will make our community safer that will make our schools safer.
The house has a new speaker who he said he’s ready to get to work and to find common ground. Now is the time, now is the time to find common ground. Let’s work together to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. let’s work together to enact universal background checks, require safe storage of guns, and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous individuals who have no business being armed with a weapon of war.
The president will continue to do everything in his power to protect the American people, to protect our communities to protect our children, and we urge, we urge congressional Republicans to come to the table to come to the table. If there truly is common ground, at this time.
Sen. Susan Collins stands firm on assault weapons stance after Maine mass shooting
Earlier: Murder warrant issued as victims identified
A warrant has been issued for Maine mass shooting suspect Robert Card, 40, after a car that was registered to him was located in a boat landing in Maine.
Maine State Police said at Thursday’s press conference that 18 people were left dead after a mass shooting that began at a bowling alley called Just-in-Time Recreation in Lewiston on Wednesday night and extended to Schemengees Bar and Grill, just four miles away. It marked America’s deadliest mass shooting this year.
Despite the death toll of 18, Maine State Police Colonel William Ross said that Mr Card faces an arrest warrant for eight counts of murder because 10 people have yet to be identified. The number of counts will increase as those identifications are made.
Kelly Rissman reports.
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Watch: Maine state rep says streets ‘eerily quiet’ amid shelter-in-place order
Maine police say they are executing warrant
“Law enforcement officials are currently on Meadow Road in Bowdoin to execute several search warrants. The announcements being heard over a loud speaker are standard search warrant announcements when executing a warrant to ensure the safety of all involved,” said Maine State Police on Thursday evening.
Maine officials say they don’t know if Card in house
A Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson, Shannon Moss, told CNN that law enforcement is “not positive Robert Card is in this house,” and that police were “simply doing our due diligence.”
Maine Gun Safety Coalition calls for assault weapons ban
The Maine Gun Safety Coalition grieves with the families and friends who lost loved ones in the mass shooting last night. We watched in horror as the tragedy in Lewiston, Maine happened before our eyes – the result of our weak gun laws. We call on our elected officials tonight to stop bowing to the gun lobby and look squarely at the face of what has happened in Maine’s second largest city. At a minimum, the Maine Gun Safety Coalition believes an assault weapons ban is necessary to try to prevent more such tragedies in our state.
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