The discovery of the body of Robert Card, 40, ends a 48 hour manhunt after the most lethal episode of gun violence in the US state’s history.
The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead on Friday, ending a 48-hour manhunt that followed the most lethal episode of gun violence in the state’s history, according to multiple media reports.
The US Army reservist was believed to have opened fire in a bowling alley and then a bar minutes later on Wednesday night. The town lies on the banks of the Androscoggin River about 56 kilometres north of the state’s largest city, Portland, and nearly as far southwest of Maine’s capital, Augusta.Card, an Army Reserve sergeant from the neighbouring town of Bowdoin, has been described by authorities as a trained firearms instructor who served as a petroleum supply specialist when on duty at the military reserve base in Saco, Maine.
The initial trail of clues led to Lisbon, about 11 kilometres to the southeast, where Maine State Police found a white SUV they believed Card used to make his getaway and parked at a boat launch on the river. Public records showed he owned at least one vessel made by Sea-Doo, a company known for its jet ski-style personal watercraft.
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