Garrett Smith
Robert Card, the shooter responsible for killing 18 people in Maine this week, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, as confirmed by the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday.
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The suspect’s body was discovered by law enforcement near a recycling plant in the Lisbon area at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Earlier, the suspect’s vehicle was found abandoned near a boat launch on the Androscoggin River in Lisbon.
Sauschuck said the body was located at about 7:45 p.m. local time near the Androscoggin River in Lisbon, a town about 8 miles southwest of Lewiston. The suspect’s vehicle, a white Subaru Outback, had earlier been found abandoned by a boat launch on the river.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-card-found-dead-maine-mass-shooting-suspect-lewiston/
Authorities say they have recovered a firearm from Card’s abandoned vehicle, but said it “wasn’t clear” whether it was used in the shooting.
Authorities had recovered a weapon from the gunman’s abandoned vehicle, law enforcement sources told CBS News’ Pat Milton and Robert Legare earlier Friday, and Sauschuck said Saturday that authorities recovered a long gun, but could not confirm the make or model. The firearm was legally purchased, a law enforcement source confirmed to CBS News.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-card-found-dead-maine-mass-shooting-suspect-lewiston/
Card was found deceased in the overflow parking lot of the Maine Recycling Corporation. Despite previous searches of the business, where Card had previously worked, they had failed to search the overflow lot.
Officials said Saturday that the gunman’s body was found in the overflow parking lot at the Maine Recycling Corporation, in the back of a tractor-trailer. While authorities had twice earlier searched the business, where the gunman worked at some point, Sauschuck said they had not searched the overflow lot.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-card-found-dead-maine-mass-shooting-suspect-lewiston/
Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the 18 lives that were taken.
