We spent months talking to experts in mental health care about what happened in Lewiston and how to treat people who cannot or do not accept their mental illnesses.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Outside review of Maine State Police after-action report on Lewiston shootings recommends improvements
The recommendations came in an analysis of the Maine State Police’s after-action review of the Lewiston mass shooting last year.
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Posted inMaine
‘I don’t want this to happen to any other family:’ Why Lewiston shooting victims are preparing to sue
Lawyers for survivors and those who lost family in the Lewiston mass shooting say the Army failed to uphold several promises and obligations when it released Robert Card to the community without addressing his change in behavior or taking his firearms.
Posted inMaine, News
After Lewiston shooting, distribution of $6.6 million in funds stands up to scrutiny
Of the money donated in the months following the deadliest shooting in Maine history, $4.7 million went to individuals directly affected and $1.9 million went to groups that provided support in the community.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Sen. King urges federal government to study suicide prevention for Army reservists
The request comes in response to the Lewiston mass shooting by an Army reservist who killed 18 people before taking his own life.
Posted inNation & World, News
Man accused of shooting 5 on Kentucky interstate vowed to ‘kill a lot of people,’ warrant says
An employee of a gun store told authorities that suspected gunman Joseph Couch purchased an AR-15 and 1,000 rounds of ammunition hours before the shooting.
Posted inNation & World
Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder
Authorities have charged 14-year-old Colt Gray as an adult with murder in the shootings Wednesday at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
The ‘time for accountability’ is at hand, lawyers for mass shooting victims say
Attorneys for about 90 family members and victims vow action for ‘massive failures’ by authorities who didn’t stop the killer.
Posted inMaine, News
In wake of Lewiston mass shooting, military implementing new policy to reduce blast-related brain injuries
Maine’s congressional delegation has been urging the Pentagon to adopt reforms since an Army reservist who had suffered brain damage from repeated blast exposures killed 18 people and injured 13 others last October.
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Angus King presses military to begin brain screenings immediately
The Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October was found to have brain injuries caused by blast exposure during military training.