after a mass shooting that spanned two locations Wednesday night left at least 18 people dead and 13 wounded, authorities said.
While a suspect has not yet been named, the Lewiston Police Department identified 40-year-old Robert R. Card, of Bowdoin, Maine, as a person of interest Wednesday night. According to an internal Maine Information and Analysis Center bulletin obtained by Fox News, Card is a firearms instructor and has military experience.
The Lewiston Police Department confirmed that the active shooting incidents took place at two locations, identified as Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant and Sparetime Recreation. The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office shared two photos of the person of interest, who was seen on surveillance cameras wearing a brown sweatshirt and holding a rifle while walking through doors decorated with bowling pins and a bowling ball.Central Maine Medical Center, which is a level two trauma center, said in an announcement Wednesday night that it was reacting to a "mass casualty, mass shooter event."As of 9 p.m.
Law enforcement officials guard the ambulance entrance to the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine early on October 26, 2023. Lewiston Public School Superintendent Jake Langlais announced Wednesday night that school is canceled Thursday in response to the shooting. A message on the school system's website read as follows:
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