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Fifteen to 20 people have been killed and up to 50 may be injured, according to law enforcement sources.Officials have urged residents in Lewiston and Auburn to shelter in place.Lewiston police said a "manhunt" is underway for a person allegedly connected to the shootings.Jeremy Janes said he was working at a foundry near Schemengees bar when they heard gunshots and locked the facility down.
Lewiston also said all of its offices were closed. Shelter in place orders were issued in both cities after the shootings. A gunman has not been apprehended.Law enforcement officers carry rifles outside Central Maine Medical Center during an active shooter situation, in Lewiston on Wednesday evening.The number of people believed to be killed in the shootings is 15 to 20, according to law enforcement sources.Up to 50 people may be injured, not all of whom were shot.
Card was a student there from 2001 to 2004, though it was not immediately clear whether he graduated, University of Maine spokesperson Eric Gordon told NBC News early Thursday.Law enforcement officers respond to shootings in multiple locations in Lewiston, about 45 minutes north of Portland, on Wednesday evening.A Walmart distribution center was locked down as gunfire erupted in Lewiston, but there was no shooting at that location, a company spokesman said.
Sauschuck would not release a number."This is a very fluid situation," he said. He said he did not have firm numbers but that once he did they would be released. The hunt for the gunman is ongoing. A “person of interest” has been identified in the shooting, but he has not been called a suspect. "Out of an abundance of caution and due the dynamic nature of this situation, MMC and other MaineHealth hospitals have closed their campuses to non-hospital personnel and non-patients until further notice," the hospital said.The Lewiston Police Department named Robert Card, 40, as a"person of interest" in the shootings at a bar and a bowling alley tonight.
The violence in Lewiston is"completely unusual" for Maine and the area, he said. The two cities — Auburn, with a population of around 26,000, and Lewiston, around 35,000 — are separated by a river, Levesque said. “They have a pretty good idea who this suspect is,” Dienst said. a source said the person may have a criminal history, he said.U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has been briefed and is following developments, a Justice Department spokesperson said.
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