Police missed two opportunities to find the gunman responsible for a shooting rampage in Maine, resulting in a lockdown and terror in the city. The body of the suspect, Robert Card, was found in a trailer at a recycling centre after police had previously searched the property. Authorities recovered multiple firearms, believed to be legally purchased by Card.
Police missed two clear opportunities to end a search that locked down and terrified Maine’s second largest city after a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar following a recent spiral into paranoia.
He declined to provide specific details about the guns, including their make and model, and would not say exactly how many were found. Last summer, Card underwent a mental health evaluation after he began acting erratically at an Army training facility in New York, officials said. A bulletin sent to police shortly after this week’s attack said Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks after “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base.
Under Maine’s yellow flag law, law enforcement can detain someone they suspect is mentally ill and poses a threat to themselves or others. The law differs from red flag laws in that it requires police first to get a medical practitioner to evaluate the person and find them to be a threat before police can petition a judge to order the seizure of the person’s firearms.
Family members of Card told federal investigators he had recently discussed hearing voices and became more focused on the bowling alley and bar, according to law enforcement officials.
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