“He slipped through the cracks,” one expert said.
Bre Allard holds her children, Zeke and Lucy, after they set signs and crosses outside Sparetime Bowling Alley to show support for the community in the wake of this week's mass shootings, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. | AP Photo/Robert F. BukatyPolice across Maine were alerted just last month to “veiled threats” by the U.S. Army reservist who would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in the state’s history, one of a string of missed red flags that preceded the massacre.
“We couldn’t locate him,” Merry said, adding that he couldn’t recall if there was any follow-up because “I don’t have any reports in front of me.” Card’s case stands as a glaring example of missed red flags, with many unanswered questions about what the military, police, mental health professionals and relatives could have done to prevent the massacre.” law that would still allow police to petition a judge to take a person’s firearms away if a medical practitioner deems that person to be a threat.
Another law enforcement agency that came in contact with Card was the New York State Police, which on July 16 was called in West Point by commanders of the Army Reserve’s 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment with concerns about Card’s erratic behavior and “threats to other members of his military unit” during a training exercise, according to a State Police document obtained by AP.
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