A new report from the U.S. Army on actions taken related to Maine mass shooter Robert Card's mental health issues has been released.
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.FILE - Robert Card , the gunman in the Maine mass shooting, is seen on body camera during a interview with New York State Police at National Guard base in the state.
The report comes after months of delays and public promises made by the Army to Maine Sen. Susan Collins, who was originally told the report could be ready as early as January. “At this time, Card continued to refuse any assistance and he remained upset and frustrated by the auditory hallucinations he believed were real,” the report said., shows police and members of his Army Reserve unit take Card from his military barracks to a hospital to be treated for mental health concerns.
"I hope you understand they are concerned enough about your welfare that they called us," a trooper is heard saying in the footage."Nothing," Card said. A court hearing had been scheduled to involuntarily commit Card to the hospital, but it was subsequently canceled. For some reasons, which the investigation was not able to determine, Card was nevertheless released on Aug. 3.
The Army's Psychological Health Program closed Card's case at the end of August because he was "unresponsive" to their efforts to contact him. The investigation found this was standard policy at the time. In March 2024, the independent commission investigating the Lewiston mass shootings found that the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office had probable cause to take Card's guns away under Maine's yellow flag law.
The commission report also criticizes the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office for putting Card's family in charge of taking away his firearms, calling it "an abdication of law enforcement's responsibility." The commission said this decision shifted what was law enforcement's responsibility onto civilians.
In October 2023, the Army Reserve Medical Management Center attempted to contact Card to follow-up with him about his treatment and wellbeing but were unable to get a hold of him. On Oct. 25, 2023, Card killed 18 people in Maine's deadliest mass shooting. The report "identified procedural breakdowns in SFC Card’s medical care, from the military hospital to the civilian hospital where he was committed." That includes a contractor nurse not informing unit leadership of Card's release date.
The report also recommends updates to policies and procedures and a review of the U.S. Army Reserves behavioral health structure. The report was also sent to the Department of Forensic Psychology at Walter Reed for a medical review and expert analysis.“As we continue to grieve the lives lost in Lewiston on October 25, 2023, it is critical that we fully understand what happened—and what could have been done differently to prevent this horrific tragedy—at the local, state, and federal levels.
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