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There are still many unknowns, but a harrowing question weighs heavy: Could one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history also have been the most preventable?
They call on Maine's congressional delegation to push for a Department of Defense probe, arguing that the Army's investigation and a review by the Army's inspector general had a 'narrow scope' and offered 'conflicting conclusions.'
An internal investigation finds Army Reserve officials made mistakes in Robert Card’s care but were not responsible for his release from a psychiatric hospital.
After weeks of trying to interview Patricia Moloney, a civilian medical professional, the commission investigating the Lewiston shooting quickly discovered they had been after the wrong person.
Maj. Matthew Dickison, who evaluated Robert Card initially, tells the commission investigating the mass shooting that New York's law doesn't appear to apply to non-residents.
Robert Card's battalion commander said his team did all it could to respond to warnings about Card's failing mental health last year and that his medical providers and police should have taken more responsibility.
Members of the National Shattering Silence Coalition, including former state legislator John Nutting, have urged the commission investigating the shooting to promote expanding use of Maine's progressive treatment program.
However, the House version of the defense bill, which cleared the House in a partisan vote on Friday, does not contain the Blast Overpressure Safety Act.
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Members of the Deaf community sign "I love you" on Sunday evening at the One Lewiston Community Vigil at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. The gathering was to memorialize the 18 victims of the mass shootings Wednesday night. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The award from the New England First Amendment Coalition recognizes the group of newspapers for "relentlessly" requesting public information from the government that helped it report on Maine's deadliest mass shooting.
Thursday's appearance by an Army doctor was a chance for members to get clarity on what types of resources were offered to mass shooter Robert Card in the months before last year's tragedy.
An FBI bulletin included in the 3,000 pages of documents state police released Friday said Robert Card frightened a friend with his erratic behavior just before the mass shooting in Lewiston, but the man later admitted to police that he was lying.
Voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District will choose the Republican candidate who will challenge three-term Rep. Jared Golden this fall in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional elections.
Johanna Carr said Robert Card could have easily figured out ahead of time if she was at Schemengees and would have known that she wouldn't have been at Just-in-Time Recreation, the two places where Card killed 18 people in October.
The Maine State Police on Friday released more than 3,000 pages of heavily redacted documents from their investigation into the state's deadliest mass shooting.
The request follows a determination that the Army reservist responsible for the Lewiston mass shooting had likely suffered brain injuries during military training.
'I am confident that our members responded to the mass casualty event in Lewiston in both a sober and professional manner,' Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said.
Members of Robert Card's family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state's deadliest mass shooting.
Several members of Robert Card's family, including his sister and ex-wife, spoke Thursday about how they tried to get him help for months before he killed 18 people in October.
Family members of the Lewiston gunman and an official from the Army Reserve's psychological health program will testify Thursday in front of the commission investigating the mass shooting.
Sgt. Aaron Skolfield on Tuesday filed a 20-page response with the commission investigating the mass shooting, saying members unfairly targeted his actions when they have yet to finish their work.
The governor let the 72-hour pause pass without her signature, saying she was ‘deeply conflicted.’ She vetoed a second bill that would have banned rapid-fire devices.
The newly signed law, which the governor proposed in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting, expands requirements for background checks to include private, advertised sales and also updates the existing yellow flag law.
Daryl Reed, the soldier whom Robert Card threatened during the unit's annual training, and Sean Hodgson, who was Card's closest friend, spoke for the first time in front of the commission investigating the mass shooting.
But the full Legislature never took up a proposal for a red flag law that would give families, in addition to law enforcement, the ability to restrict a person's access to weapons without a mental health evaluation.
House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross requires Reps. Michael Lemelin and Shelley Rudnicki to read a formal apology on the House floor before restoring their right to speak during floor debates.
And the state's former chief medical examiner said his office knew who the victims were on the night of the shooting, but Maine State Police told his office not to share the information.
The U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October had been exposed to 'thousands of low-level blasts' during years of grenade training, and the damage has been linked to mental health and behavioral changes he exhibited before the shooting.
Experts who reviewed a copy of the report shared with the Press Herald say estimating Robert Card's time of death with any confidence is difficult or impossible.
Supporters say the bill would provide an important path forward for families seeking to restrict a loved one's access to firearms without stigmatizing mental illness, while opponents raise concerns about due process and Second Amendment rights.
Members of several groups, including the U.S. Army Reserve, Maine State Police and the medical examiner's office, will testify at public hearings on April 4 and April 11 at the University of Maine in Augusta.
The Judiciary Committee also will soon take up a last-minute bill that would put in place 'an improved crisis intervention order' for restricting access to firearms when people are deemed to be a threat.
The interim findings of the state-appointed panel focused largely on 'abdication of law enforcement's duty,' but preventing future killings will require more than laying blame.
Democratic lawmakers meet in private with a federal firearms regulator to discuss existing rules in preparation for a key committee meeting Thursday. Republicans criticize the move, pass up an offer to do the same and say the discussions should have been public.
They point to the state commission's finding that faulted the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office for not using existing laws to seize guns from the shooter before he killed 18 people in Lewiston.
Sgt. Aaron Skolfield, who has faced scrutiny for failing to properly heed warnings about Robert Card's declining mental health, filed paperwork to run for Sagadahoc County sheriff in February.
The interim report, which also faults the Army, calls a Sagadahoc County deputy's failure to take Robert Card into custody in mid-September 'an abdication of law enforcement's responsibility.'
The Legislature's Judiciary Committee holds a work session on a series of bills that include a proposal from Gov. Janet Mills to expand background checks and update the state's yellow flag law.
But Maine defenders of traditional gun rights also turned out in force at last week's hearings, and it's unclear if the support to enact changes will be sustained.
An Army spokesperson on Thursday called the lab findings regarding Robert Card 'concerning' and said they 'underscore the Army’s need to do all it can to protect Soldiers against blast-induced injury.'
Robert Card was 'exposed to thousands of low-level blasts' during Army grenade training in New York state, and the injury to his brain likely played a role in his behavioral changes before the mass shooting, researchers say.
Dozens of people testified for and against a pair of bills that include expanding background check requirements to advertised private firearms sales and a 72-hour waiting period on purchases.
Robert Card was a longtime reservist for a Saco-based unit. His colleagues became increasingly concerned about his behavior last year but took few steps to follow up on his mental health treatment.
Public hearings begin on gun safety bills that would ban bump stocks, institute a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and expand background checks to advertised private sales.