Key takeaways:
- Maine officials have lifted the shelter-in-place order as the search for the suspect in the Lewiston mass shooting continues.
- Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine and authorities are scouring the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property.
- Retired NYPD sergeant Joseph Giacalone said that it is highly unusual for a winding manhunt to follow a mass shooting in the U.S.
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) – Maine officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order as the search for the suspect in the Lewiston mass shooting continues. Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine on Friday in search of Robert Card, 40, who is suspected of killing 18 people in a mass shooting on Wednesday night.
State Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck announced the lifting of the shelter-in-place order at a news conference on Friday afternoon, where he named all 18 victims of the shooting. He also said that authorities were scouring the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sending dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinizing a possible suicide note.
Joseph Giacalone, a retired New York Police Department sergeant and now an adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that it is highly unusual for a winding manhunt to follow a mass shooting in the U.S.
The shooting occurred at a bowling alley and a bar and grille on Wednesday night. Since then, authorities have been searching for Card and urged residents to stay indoors.
The search for Card is ongoing and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Lewiston Police Department.
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