Who is Robert Card? Manhunt for Maine ‘gunman’ who left 22 dead in rampage | US News

Maine police are hunting for Robert Card, a 40-year-old man and ‘person of interest’ in a Lewiston shooting which saw 22 killed.

Police for Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city after Portland, said early Thursday that the shooter remains at large.

Sheriff Eric Samson of Androscoggin County, which covers Lewiston, said the gunman went to a bowling alley and gunned down seven people before moving into a nearby bar Wednesday night.

The death toll, Samson added, is likely to ‘grow, unfortunately’, with the number of wounded ‘unsure’ but said to be up to 50 people.

A patchwork of lockdowns across the city as well as in neighbouring towns were pitched into the early hours today, including schools.

Lewiston police said on Facebook at 10.50pm local time today that Card is a ‘person of interest’ in the case.

‘Card should be considered armed and dangerous,’ the law enforcement agency said.

City police had two hours before posted surveillance footage on Facebook of a man wearing a brown hoodie, blue trousers and beige shoes carrying a military-style semiautomatic rifle.

‘Please contact the Lewiston Police at 513-3001 ext.. 3327 if you recognise this individual,’ the force said.

Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck told reporters at a news conference: ‘If people see him, they should not approach Card or make contact with him in any way.’

Police say took place at Sparetime Recreation and at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant.

A ‘vehicle of interest’ has also been identified by police officials, a white SUV in Lisbon, a town about eight miles from Lewiston.

According to NBC, state court records show that a man said to be born on the same date as the person of interest was charged with speeding tickets in 2021 and 2002 – this is the end of his rap sheet, the broadcaster said.

Maine Information and Analysis Center, a database for police, has a bulletin on Card which states he was trained as a firearms instructor and is believed to have been in the Army Reserve.

He is listed as being of Bowdoin, a town of some 3,100 people 31 miles north of Portland.

‘Card was also reported to have been committed to mental health facility for two weeks during summer 2023 and subsequently released,’ the bulletin adds.

‘Card was last known to be operating a Maine registration 9246PD 2013 Wjoite Subaru Outback with a black number.’

The person of interest, MENA added, should be ‘considered armed and dangerous and ‘caution should be used if contact is made with Card or the vehicle’.

The Maine Emergency Management Agency added on X, formerly known as Twitter, that MEMA State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is ‘moving to enhanced monitoring’ regarding the Lewiston shooting.

Maine State Police are assisting with the investigation, the department also posted.

‘Please stay inside your home with the doors locked,’ state police said, with law enforcement asking for Lisbon locals as well as those in Auburn to remain indoors.

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