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Maine Law Enforcement Officers Continue Search for Suspected Mass Shooter Robert Card

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Key takeaways:

  • Lewiston, Maine law enforcement officers are searching for Robert Card, the 40-year-old suspected of carrying out Wednesday night’s massacre.
  • Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck announced that officials would hold regular 10 a.m. media briefings and divers would be deployed to the area near the boat ramp to check for evidence and potentially bodies.
  • Sonar, helicopters, and dams are among the resources being used in the search and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Lewiston Police Department.

Law enforcement officers in Lewiston, Maine, are continuing their search for Robert Card, the 40-year-old suspected of carrying out Wednesday night’s massacre that left 18 people dead and several still hospitalized. Card’s white Subaru Outback was found abandoned near a boat launch in Lisbon, Maine.

In response to the ongoing search, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck announced in a press conference that officials would hold regular 10 a.m. media briefings to “go over what happened overnight” and share details on that day’s search plan.

Sauschuck also said that divers would be deployed to the area near the boat ramp to check for evidence and potentially bodies. A local shelter-in-place order remains in effect, shuttering schools and businesses as dozens of local, county, state and federal law enforcement officials work around the clock.

Sonar, helicopters, and dams are among the resources being used in the search. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Lewiston Police Department.

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