Current:Home > reviewsMaine shooting press conference: Watch updates from officials on Robert Card investigation -Dynamic Money Growth
Maine shooting press conference: Watch updates from officials on Robert Card investigation
View
Date:2025-04-14 19:56:29
Officials are providing an update Saturday morning on the investigation involving the massive manhunt for Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist identified as a suspect in Wednesday's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
Late Friday, authorities found the body of Card, who had been wanted for the shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley. He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said at the news briefing Saturday morning.
You can watch live coverage of the event at the video embed at top of the page.
After the shelter-in-place order was lifted Friday afternoon, Sauschuck had urged residents to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity. Hunting restrictions announced earlier Friday were lifted following the discovery of Card's body.
Card's body was found at 7:45 p.m. ET Friday near the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls in a tractor trailer-style trailer, Sauschuck said. Officials declined to provide an estimated time of death.
Eighteen people were killed and 13 were injured in the Wednesday night rampage at a bowling alley and a bar, Maine Gov. Janet Mills said at a news conference Thursday morning. It is the 36th mass killing this year.
Subsequently, authorities launched a massive manhunt looking for Card.
Live updates:Suspect in Maine mass shootings found dead, authorities say
School districts canceled classes again Friday as the manhunt for Card continued, with residents in and around Lewiston and its twin city, Auburn, warned to continue stay inside and lock their doors.
At a Thursday news conference, Maine State Police Col. William Ross said there is a warrant out for Card's arrest in connection with the murder of eight identified individuals.
Police carried out multiple search warrants Thursday night near Bowdoin, about 30 minutes from the shooting scenes, where investigators twice formed around the home of Card's relative. During the second time, law enforcement called for a person or people to surrender and asked media crews to turn off their lights.
Authorities warned residents as far as 50 miles from a bowling alley and a bar, where the massacres took place, to stay inside with their doors locked.
Contributing: Mike Snider.
veryGood! (4)
Related
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Does flood insurance cover ... this? A comprehensive guide to basement, rain, storm damage.
- 'The Blind Side' subject Michael Oher is suing the Tuohy family. Many know the pain of family wounds.
- An abandoned desert village an hour from Dubai offers a glimpse at the UAE’s hardscrabble past
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- 16-year-old left Missouri home weeks ago. Her dad is worried she's in danger.
- Massachusetts man fatally shoots neighbor, dog, himself; 2 kids shot were hospitalized
- Fan names daughter after Dodger's Mookie Betts following home run bet
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Tuohy attorneys: Michael Oher received $100K in 'The Blind Side' profits
Ranking
- The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
- Ex-West Virginia coach Bob Huggins enters diversion program after drunken driving arrest
- Inmates at California women’s prison sue federal government over sexual abuse
- The latest act for Depeche Mode
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- Illnois will provide burial for migrant toddler who died on bus
- Don't believe his book title: For humorist R. Eric Thomas, the best is yet to come
- Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
Recommendation
The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding
On 'Harley Quinn' love reigns, with a side of chaos
Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
Darren Kent, British actor from 'Game of Thrones' and 'Dungeons & Dragons,' dies at age 39
Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's Life-Altering Love Story
Family of American prisoner moved to house in arrest in Iran incredibly nervous about what happens next
'I didn't like what I saw': Carli Lloyd doubles down on USWNT World Cup criticism