2023-10-26 06:12:28
At least 22 people were killed and “many, many more” were injured Wednesday night in shootings in a town in the northern state of Maine, while the attacker is on the run, according to police. Lewiston Councilman Robert McCarthy told CNN that authorities “have confirmed 22 deaths, (and) many, many more injuries” in this city in the state of Maine (northern), which increased the initial toll of at least 10 dead.
The wave of shootings broke out in a bowling alley, according to >, which also reported shootings in a bar and in a distribution center of the Walmart store chain.
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Maine State Police identified the alleged attacker on Facebook as Robert Card, 40, and described him as “armed and dangerous.”
The suspect has been identified as Robert Card. (Photo by Lewiston Maine Police Department / AFP).
The suspect “remains at large,” according to Androscoggin County police, who released photos showing a white man armed with a semi-automatic rifle.
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The bearded man was wearing a brown top, blue trousers and brown shoes, and police asked anyone with information about his identity to contact them immediately.
They also posted a photo of a white pickup truck, and asked for the public’s help in identifying the vehicle, saying its front bumper may have been painted black.
Law enforcement “is investigating two active shooter events,” the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department wrote on Facebook.
Authorities asked that businesses remain closed while they investigate.
Janet Mills, the governor of Maine, said she was “aware and informed of a shooting in Lewiston.”
US President Joe Biden was also informed of the events, according to the White House.
Citing several law enforcement sources, CNN reported that at least 50 or 60 people were injured in the incident, but it was not clear how many of them were injured by gunfire.
Police and rescue teams reportedly arrived at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time in response to an active shooter, and later received reports of another shooting at the Schemengees Bar & Grille, according to the local newspaper Sun Journal.
At 8:15 p.m. local time, another shooting was reported at a local Walmart distribution center.
“Horrified”
Maine Congressman Jared Golden wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that “like all Maine citizens, I am horrified by the events in Lewison tonight. “This is my birthplace.”
“Currently, we are all waiting for the local police to take control of the situation and collect information. “We are devastated for those who were affected,” he said.
Replete with guns, the United States has recorded more than 500 mass shootings this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-governmental organization that defines a mass shooting as four or more people injured or killed.
Efforts to tighten gun control in that country have clashed for years with opposition from Republicans, staunch defenders of the constitutional right to bear arms.
The political paralysis remains despite widespread outrage over the recurring shootings.
Lewiston is the second most populous city in Maine, located about 50 kilometers north of the state’s largest, Portalnd.
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