Maine shootings: Hero pair died trying to save children in bowling alley as US gunman remains on the run after killing 18
27.10.2023 - 07:15
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A manhunt for a gunman who shot dead 18 people in the USA remains ongoing as details of his victims have started to emerge.
US police have searched in forests, waterways and small towns for Army reservist, Robert Card, who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine on Wednesday night. He remains on the run, however.
Schools, doctors’ surgeries and shops closed and people stayed behind locked doors in cities as far as 50 miles from the scenes of Wednesday night’s shootings in Lewiston. Card is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, authorities said at a news conference.
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Police said they have had no reported sightings of Card since the shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and at Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley about four miles away. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office released two photos of the suspect walking into the bowling alley with a rifle raised to his shoulder.
On Thursday night, there was a huge police presence outside the home of his brother and sister-in-law in Bowdoin, a small town just east of the city of Lewiston. Gunshots were reportedly heard at the home earlier in the day as police began to search it, executing a warrant. That was later refuted by the Department of Public Safety, the Mirror reports.
But hours later, the authorities again surrounded the home, where they could be heard screaming: "Robert Card, you're under arrest. We know you're inside. Come out with your hands up. We don't want anyone to get hurt." Local TV reporters at the