Maine officials have lifted a shelter-in-place order as they search for Robert Card, the suspect in the Lewiston mass shooting that killed 18 people on Wednesday night. Hundreds of law enforcement officers are scouring the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sending dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinizing a possible suicide note. Joseph Giacalone, a retired New York Police Department sergeant, said it is highly unusual for a winding manhunt to follow a mass shooting in the U.S.
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Law enforcement officers in Lewiston, Maine are searching for Robert Card, the suspected perpetrator of a massacre that left 18 people dead. Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck has announced regular 10 a.m. media briefings and the deployment of divers to the area near the boat ramp to check for evidence. Dozens of local, county, state and federal law enforcement officials are using sonar, helicopters, and dams in the search, and are asking anyone with information to contact the Lewiston Police Department.
A sailor who had been missing for two weeks was found alive off the coast of Washington State's Cape Flattery on Thursday by a group of good Samaritans on a fishing trip. The man had been a passenger on the 43-foot vessel Evening, which departed from Grays Harbor, Washington on October 12. The Coast Guard had searched 14,000 square miles of water before suspending the search on Wednesday, but the man was found two days later by the group of good Samaritans. The search for the other passenger is still ongoing.
Judge Arthur Engoron has ruled that Ivanka Trump must testify in the civil fraud case against her father, Donald Trump, and his company, despite her having moved out of New York and stepped away from her Trump Organization job in 2017. Trump's attorneys had argued that the AG's office was trying to "harass and burden" Ivanka, but the judge sided with the state and gave Ivanka time to appeal the ruling if she chooses. It is unclear what Ivanka's testimony will entail or how it will affect the case.
A 5-year-old boy, Prince McCree, was found dead in a Milwaukee trash dumpster on Thursday. Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, have been arrested in connection with the case and are being treated as persons of interest. The Milwaukee community is mourning the loss of Prince McCree, and police are continuing to investigate the cause of death.
Maine Law Enforcement Intensifies Search for Suspect in Mass Shootings that Killed 18 and Injured 13
Maine Law Enforcement Intensifies Search for Suspect in Mass Shootings that Killed 18 and Injured 13
Hundreds of police officers and FBI agents, as well as federal marshals and personnel from other agencies, are actively searching for Robert Card, the suspect in the mass shootings that killed 18 people and injured 13 in Lewiston, Maine. Commissioner Michael Sauschuck of the Maine Dept. of Public Safety refused to comment on whether law enforcement had been warned about the suspect prior to the shootings. The search continues as law enforcement works to bring the suspect to justice.
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine announced a major shift in his stance on gun control legislation, calling for a ban on assault rifles like the one used in the mass shooting in his hometown of Lewiston. Golden discussed his previous opposition to legislation largely backed by fellow Democrats that would prohibit assault weapons and said he was wrong to oppose those measures. His call for a ban has been met with support from both sides of the aisle as the nation continues to grapple with the aftermath of the two mass shootings in Lewiston.
On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip resulted in the death of 37 Palestinians, including the family of veteran journalist Wael Dahdouh. Despite the tragedy, Dahdouh has returned to the field to continue his reporting, showing remarkable courage in the face of such tragedy. The airstrike is the latest in a string of violence between Israel and Palestine, with the death toll now reaching over 200 since the conflict began.