Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before mass gun attack in Maine

An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine’s deadliest mass shooting testified on Thursday about his friend’s mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded.

The attacks happened six months ago on October 25 when Card opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, two locations where he held a delusional belief that people were talking about him behind his back. Two days later, the 40-year-old reservist was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.But it was not just Mr Hodgson who was worried about Card. Several other reservists witnessed his deterioration during training last summer.

It also criticised police for not following up with Mr Hodgson about his warning text. A final report is expected this summer.On Thursday, Mr Hodgson said he warned of a mass shooting because Card threatened multiple members of the unit with violence and that his threats and delusions were escalating. And he had access to guns.

Card also acquired a thermal scope with a laser range finder that he said cost 10,000 dollars, and he demonstrated how it could be used to detect animals, including at night, Mr Reed said. “It took me a lot to report somebody I love,” he said. “But when the hair starts standing up on the back of your neck, you have to listen.”

Cara Cookson, director of victim services for the Maine Office of the Attorney General, also testified on Thursday and described through tears the daunting task of responding to the enormity of the tragedy with a “patchwork of resources”.

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