Who is the person of interest Robert Card in Maine mass shooting
The person of interest in the Maine mass shooting that left at least 22 people dead is a trained firearms instructor who spent two weeks in a mental health facility over the summer, according to law enforcement sources.
Robert Card, 40, was the subject of a massive manhunt in connection to the horrific carnage in the city of Lewiston on Wednesday night, the local police department announced.
“Card should be considered armed and dangerous,” the department said in a Wednesday night post. “Please contact law enforcement if you are aware of his whereabouts.”
Card is from Bowdoin, Maine and is believed to be an Army Reservist stationed out of Saco, Maine, sources told The Post.
He suffered from mental health issues, including recently reporting “hearing voices” and threatened to shoot up the military training base in Saco, sources said.
Over the summer he was committed to a mental health facility and released after a two-week stay, sources additionally said.
More information about his mental state was not immediately known.
A phone number listed for Card was not in service, the Associated Press reported.
Card also apparently lost his job recently, CNN reported on-air Wednesday night.
Law enforcement sources have said at least 22 people were killed and dozens more wounded in shootings at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston.
Emergency workers responded to separate shootings at Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant, the Sun Journal reported.
Authorities said during a press conference that Card is only a person of interest and won’t call him a suspect yet.
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