Maine shooting live updates: Police releasing latest news on manhunt for mass shooter Robert Card in press conference
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Maine State Police are updating local residents and the public on the status of their search for mass shooting suspect Robert Card, 40, who opened fire inside a Lewiston bowling alley and nearby bar the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 25 — killing 18 people and wounding at least 13.
Thursday night, police surrounded a residence on Meadow Road in Card’s hometown of Bowdoin, and announced over a megaphone that they knew he was inside. However they eventually left the home empty-handed.
So far, sixteen victims who died in the shootings have been identified, plus two who were wounded:
So far, sixteen victims who died in the shootings have been identified, plus two who were wounded:
- Bob Violette, 76, a longtime children’s bowling instructor, was working with a youth league when the shooter walked into the bowling alley
- Joseph Walker, bar manager at Schemengees Bar & Grille, died trying to stop the gunman, his father told NBC News
- Tricia Asselin, 53, worked part-time at Just-In-Time Recreation, but was bowling for fun when the shooting took place, her brother told CNN
- Steven Vozzella, who just got married last year, was at Schemengees bar for a cornhole tournament for deaf adults, his family told ABC
- Bill Bracket was also gunned down at the bar cornhole tournament, his family told ABC, and was remembered by a friend on Facebook who wrote, “I’ll never forget the laughs I had you in when I was trying to learn some sign language at cornhole.”
- Bryan MacFarlane, 40, a member of Lewiston’s deaf community, was taking part in the tournament after recently moving back to his native Maine, according to CNN.
- Michael Deslauriers II and Jason Walker had been bowling with their wives, and their “several young children,” whom the two husbands protected before charging at the gunman, Deslauriers’ father wrote on Facebook
- Bill Young and his 14-year-old son Aaron were fatally shot at Just-In-Time while out with their bowling league, Bill’s brother told Reuters.
- Arthur Strout, a 42-year-old father of five, was killed at Schemengees, his father Arthur Barnard told WCVB.
- Tommy Conrad, 34, was a manager at the bowling alley and is survived by his 9-year-old daughter, WMYW reported.
- Joshua Seal worked as an American Sign Language interpreter for the Pine Tree Society, his wife, Elizabeth, said on Facebook.
- Peyton Brewer-Ross, a father of a 2-year-old girl, was killed at Schemengees Bar and Grille, according to a CNN report.
- Ron Morin was remembered by his family as an upbeat guy — and a common sight at Taboo Hair Design in Lewiston, where his mom has worked for more than years, the Bangor Daily News reported.
- Maxx Hathaway was killed at Schemengees and was remembered as a “goofy, down to earth person, loved to joke around and always had an uplifting attitude,” his sister wrote on GoFundMe.
- Wounded: Zoey Hutchinson, 10, who spoke to ABC News the morning after she was grazed by a bullet and took cover with her mother at Just-In-Time bowling alley.
- Wounded: Justin Karcher, 23, who is on a ventilator in the ICU, where doctors have to “keep resuscitating him” following emergency surgery, his mother told the Washington Post. Four years ago, Karcher witnessed his father die “in front of him,” after being gunned down in a Walmart parking lot, Jessica Karcher said.
Card, of Bowdoin, Maine, is still on the loose, with 8 murder warrants out for his arrest. He should be considered “armed and dangerous,” officials say, urging anyone who thinks they’ve spotted him not to approach, and to contact police immediately.
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