Cops were sent to Maine gunman's home weeks before massacres amid concern he is going to snap and commit a mass shooting [View all]

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Cops were sent to Maine gunman's home weeks before massacres amid concern he 'is going to snap and commit a mass shooting'

By Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales, Linh Tran and Rachel Clarke, CNN
7 minute read * Updated 6:09 AM EDT, Mon October 30, 2023

Sagadahoc County, Maine CNN -- The Maine National Guard asked local police to check on the reservist who killed 18 people after a soldier became concerned he would "snap and commit a mass shooting," according to information shared with CNN. ... Officers from the Sagadahoc County and Kennebec County Sheriff's Offices responded and tried to contact Robert Card on September 16, less than six weeks before Wednesday's massacres in a bowling alley and a bar, documents say, according to a law enforcement source.

The information obtained by CNN describes how the Sagadahoc County sergeant called for backup, tried without success to talk to the reservist and then received disturbing details from the Maine National Guard and the shooter's family.

The responding sergeant from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office was told "when [he] answers the door at his trailer, in the past he usually does so with a handgun in hand out of view from the person outside," according to the source familiar with the welfare check report. ... The responding officer learned later in a letter from the National Guard that a fellow guardsman "is concerned that [the reservist] is going to snap and commit a mass shooting," according to the report filed in connection with the wellness check.

The 40-year-old went on two shooting rampages in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, killing 18 people at Just-in-Time Recreation and at Schemengees Bar & Grille.

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