Maine Governor Janet Mills confirmed that 18 people were killed and another 13 injured on Thursday in the double shooting the day before in Lewiston, the second largest city in that state.
Some media initially raised the death toll from this attack to 22. I was identified as Robert Card, a reserve soldier who has not yet been found and is being searched by hundreds of officers.
The events took place around 6:56 pm local time (10:56 pm GMT) on Wednesday. a bowling alley and a restaurant in the second largest city in the state with almost 40 thousand inhabitants.
That evening, an attack occurred at the bowling alley where a youth league was attacked, but local authorities did not release any information about the ages of the victims.
Seven people died at the bowling alley, eight at the restaurant and another three after being taken to hospital.
John Alexander, head of the Central Maine Health Center, noted at a news conference that of the eight injured people still hospitalized, he is not the only one who has received casualties: five of them are stable and three others are in in critical condition. .
The suspect is believed to be 40 years old, armed and dangerous. Locals were asked to comply with the confinement order and therefore classes were suspended this Thursday.
For now, Alexander added, there are sufficient blood reserves. One hundred medical professionals who were off duty on Wednesday went to work to help their colleagues.
Local authorities have not provided many other details about the situation. All efforts are aimed at locating the suspect, who is already in another state.
The murder investigation is in its early stages, Col. William Ross of the Maine State Police said at a news conference.
Card is tentatively eyeing eight murder cases because that is the number of victims already identified, but the number of charges is expected to match the number of deaths.
The possible perpetrator’s vehicle was located in Lisbon, about 8 miles from Lewiston.
One of the places where Card shot attendees Wednesday, the Just In Time bowling alley, mourned the attack and the loss of life.
“Nothing that happens seems real, but unfortunately it is,” the company wrote on its Facebook account. “We have lost incredible, kind-hearted members of our community and our family of bowling fans. There are no words that can solve this.”
The Department of Justice has confirmed that agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Marshals Service are assisting local authorities in the investigation and search for the suspect and providing assistance to the victims.
Source: La Neta Neta
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