A person of interest in a mass shooting in Maine 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, is the subject of a massive manhunt in connection with a horrific massacre 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 post Wednesday night. “Please contact law enforcement if you know of his whereabouts.”
Robert Card, the subject of a manhunt in connection with a fatal shooting that killed many people, remains armed and on the run. Police from the Lewiston Maine Police Department outside the Schemengees Bar, one of the locations where the mass shooting took place. AFP via Getty Images Law enforcement officers search for a suspect in a mass shooting at the Lisbon High School gymnasium in Maine.CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Card is from Bowdoin, Maine, and is believed to be an Army Reservist stationed outside of Saco, Maine, sources told The Post.
He has suffered from mental health issues, including recently reporting “hearing voices,” and threatening to shoot up a military training base in Saco, sources said.
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Over the summer, he was committed to a mental health facility and released after a two-week stay, additional sources said.
Robert Card, of Bowdoin, Maine, is believed to be an Army Reservist stationed outside Saco, Maine, sources told The Post.via REUTERS
Further information on his mental condition was not immediately known.
The phone number listed for the Card is not in service, the Associated Press reported.
Everything we know about the Maine mass shooting
At least 22 people are dead and more than 50 injured after a gunman opened fire at two separate locations in Lewiston, Maine.
Police identified the possible suspect as Robert Card, 40, and believe he may be driving a white Subaru Outback, which was later located in Lisbon, about 8 miles from the scene of the shooting, according to CentralMaine.com.
Residents in Lisbon were also ordered to shelter in place, with authorities warning that Card may be armed and dangerous.
Maine State Police are advising local residents and businesses to lock their doors and shelter in place.
The police opened fire.
On Wednesday night, emergency personnel were called to separate shootings at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and at Schemengees Restaurant Bar and Grille, according to the Sun Journal.
The number of deaths nearly equals the number of annual homicides in the state of Maine — with 29 homicides reported in 2022.
Lewiston is a city of about 38,000 nearly 30 miles north of Portland.
President Biden was informed of the mass shooting.
Card also apparently lost his job recently, CNN reported Wednesday night.
He studied engineering at the University of Maine from 2001 to 2004, though it’s unclear whether he graduated, a school spokesperson told NBC News.
A white Subaru Outback possibly driven by 40-year-old Robert Card. Lewiston Maine Police Department
During a press conference Wednesday night, authorities provided limited information about the shooting and did not disclose the number of casualties.
Law enforcement sources say at least 22 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a shooting at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston.
Emergency workers responded to separate shootings at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley and at Schengees Bar and Grille Restaurant, the Sun Journal reported.
Authorities said during a news conference that Card was only a person of interest and would no longer be calling him a suspect.
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