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At least 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Maine

Published:Thursday | October 26, 2023 | 11:06 AM
In this image taken from a video released by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office, an unidentified gunman points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Maine State Police ordered residents in the state's second-largest city to shelter in place Wednesday night as the suspect remains at large. (Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities carried out a massive search Thursday for a man who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and bar in Maine that sent panicked patrons hiding under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state in fear.

Frightened residents stayed locked in their homes Thursday in cities as much as 50 miles (80 kilometres) away under a shelter-in-place advisory.

The shooting suspect, Robert Card, is considered armed and dangerous, authorities told a news conference.

A warrant has been issued charging him with eight counts of murder.

That number will rise when the other 10 victims have been identified, said Maine State Police Colonel William Ross.

“This city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security,” Maine Governor Janet Mills said.

The attacks Wednesday night stunned a state of only 1.3 million people that has one of the country's lowest homicide rates: just 29 in all of 2022.

Ross said seven people died from gunshot wounds at the bowling alley shooting.

Eight died in the bar shooting, one of whom was outside.

Three people transferred to hospitals also died.

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