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Maine mass shooting survivors and families taking legal action
Almost a year after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, 100 survivors and victims’ families of the Lewiston mass shooting are taking legal action. Tuesday, they’re actually serving a legal notice to the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army and Keller Army Community Hospital in New York. They cite negligence, saying the agencies named failed to appropriately respond...
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New review of police response to Maine mass shooting documents need for improvements
The Maine State Police released a report on Friday describing the lessons learned after the state’s largest mass shooting and making multiple recommendations for improvements in tactical response, incident management, training and other areas. The agency called the report an “after action review” and said one of its goals was to identify areas for improvement stemming from the response...
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Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new gun laws go into effect in Maine
With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Maine joins a dozen other states with similar laws, requiring that buyers wait 72 hours to complete a purchase and retrieve a weapon. The law…
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Maine mass shooter had a ‘hit list,' report says
The Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter told staff at the mental health hospital last summer that he had a “hit list,” according to an Army report released Tuesday. Three Army Reserve officers were also disciplined for dereliction of duty in the aftermath of a rampage.
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Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat' profile upon leaving hospital
A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves told an investigatory panel on Monday that a reservist who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history had a low threat profile when he left a psychiatric hospital prior to the killings. Lt. Col. Ryan Vazquez also testified that there were limitations on forcing the gunman, reservist Robert Card, to adhere to…
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Lewiston survivors consider looming election as gun control comes to forefront after mass shooting
Ben Dyer hasn’t decided how he’ll vote in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections this year, but he knows guns will be on his mind when he casts his ballot. And he’s pretty sure he won’t be the only one. Dyer, a 47-year-old father of two, was shot five times at Schemengees Bar & Grille in...
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‘I truly felt like we were at war': Documents reveal horror of Maine's deadliest mass shooting
Officers arrived at the two shooting scenes in Lewiston last October not knowing if the gunman was still there, and with living and dead victims on the floors. One officer described desperate survivors screaming for help as he searched for the shooter.
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Sheriff denies that officers responding to Maine mass shooting had been drinking
A sheriff is rebutting an allegation that some of his officers arrived at a mass shooting scene reeking of alcohol, saying in a statement that all officers were on duty or had just attended training before Lewiston police requested their assistance. Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said in a statement Wednesday that he “wholeheartedly” denies all allegations in a Portland…
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Leak of police bulletin complicated the response to Maine mass shooting, official testifies
A bulletin about the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history that was sent to police agencies had been leaked on social media early on, complicating an already difficult search for the shooter, the state’s top law enforcement official said Friday. Police are not trying to find the leaker, State Police Col. William Ross said, calling it a “needle in...
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Report suggests some deputies responding to Maine mass shooting were intoxicated
An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations in a report that contended self-dispatching police officers created “chaos” during the search for the gunman.
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Lewiston mass shooting hearing: ‘He was worried for his father's mental health'
Cara Lamb, the ex-wife of the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter, told a commission investigating the state’s deadliest shooting about the moment when their son came to her with concerns about his father’s wellbeing before the man would.
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Army reservist's family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine
Family members of an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology on Thursday and said Army officials and law enforcement frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the deadly rampage.
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Family of Robert Card to testify before Maine mass shooting commission
Family members of U.S. Army reservist Robert Card — Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter — are expected to testify before the commission investigating the shooting, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The commission will hear from Card’s family and an official from the Army Reserves’ Psychological Health Program Thursday, reports News Center Maine. The testimony is set for 9 a.m….
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Lewiston bowling alley reopens 6 months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting
It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting. The answer didn’t come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they didn’t hold back. When patrons return Friday, six months after the gunman opened fire, they will see inspiring pictures at...
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Reservists who knew Maine mass shooter say they warned of his decline
Fellow U.S. Army reservists who witnessed the mental and physical decline of a colleague who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told a commission investigating the killings Thursday that they tried to intervene before the tragedy. Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted...
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Maine lawmaker censured for saying mass shooting was God's revenge for state's abortion law
Fiery debate over a bill to protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state lawsuits crossed a line in the Maine House, leading lawmakers to formally censure a pair of colleagues on Thursday. Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, said the mass shooting last October in Lewiston, Maine, that claimed 18 lives and recent storms were God’s revenge…
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Bowling alley targeted in Lewiston shooting to reopen this spring, owners say
Five months after the mass shooting that left 18 dead at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, the alley is almost ready to reopen, NBC affiliate News Center Maine reported. Just-In-Time Recreation has been closed since October 25, 2023, when Robert Card Jr. entered the building and opened fire, killing seven and injuring several others in what would…
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What to know about the Maine mass shooting commission report
Law enforcement should have seized Card’s guns and put him in protective custody weeks before he committed the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the commission concluded.
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Report finds sheriff had cause to take killer's guns before Maine mass shootings
An independent commission investigating the deadly mass shootings last year in Lewiston, Maine, says law enforcement had cause to take the shooter’s firearms beforehand.
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Sheriff had cause to take guns from killer before Maine mass shootings that left 18 dead, report says
A sheriff’s office investigating a mass shooting in Maine had cause to take the killer into protective custody beforehand and to take away his guns, according to a report issued by an independent commission Friday.