Documents released Tuesday provide insight into what might have motivated Robert Card and details about the manhunt that followed last week’s shootings.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
‘It’s over’: Body of mass shooting suspect found, ending dayslong manhunt in Maine
Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said Robert Card’s body was found in Lisbon around 7:45 p.m. Friday. He confirmed that the man, accused of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Police still hunting for suspect more than 24 hours after 18 people killed in Lewiston
Police have issued murder warrants for Robert Card, of Bowdoin, in the shootings that spawned a night of terror for people at bowling alley and a bar.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Alone in the woods: The strange chain of events that led police to kill Shay McKenna
Nine months after Shay McKenna was accused of killing his brother Drew during a fight, a state police trooper shot and killed Shay at a makeshift camp in Rangeley Plantation. Those who knew Shay say he didn’t need to die.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
South Portland teen accused in scheme to kill members of school community pleads not guilty
The South Portland 17-year-old appeared in Cumberland County Juvenile Court on Thursday on several felony level charges, including arson and solicitation for murder.
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L.L. Bean heir James ‘Jim’ Gorman Sr. dies at 91
The engineer and philanthropist chose a different career path than the outdoors retail empire his family was known for, but relatives and friends say he embodied the values that have made L.L. Bean one of Maine’s most celebrated institutions.
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Crew member injured when explosion ignites fire on cruise ship in Portland
Passengers and crew were evacuated shortly after the ship docked Wednesday morning at the Ocean Gateway Pier. It had been scheduled to spend the night in Portland before leaving Thursday.
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Man steals two cars near Bangor, evades police, remains at large
State police are searching for a man who evaded officers attempting to make a traffic stop near Dedham on Tuesday morning, then stole two cars as he fled north.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
DHHS raised suspicions of abuse months before girl’s killing on Christmas Day 2022
An unsealed Maine State Police affidavit shows state officials had visited the Edgecomb home of Makinzlee Handrahan months before she was killed.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education
South Portland High staff are frustrated with information flow after student is accused of making violent threats
After a student was arrested in April and accused of threatening the school, a lockdown last month reignited some teachers’ frustration with how little they know about his arrest.