Maine shooting suspect found dead after 18 people killed in bowling alley horror

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The man wanted over the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Maine has been found dead.

Robert Card, who was wanted in connection with the shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, was found dead in Lisbon Falls, Maine, Governor Janet Mills said at a news conference on Friday. “Like many people I’m breathing a sigh of relief tonight knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone,” Ms Mills said.April Stevens, a Lewiston resident who knew one of the victims, said she was relieved to learn that the “monster and coward” who inflicted so much pain was no longer a danger.“I’m relieved but not happy,” she said. “There was too much death.

Too many people were hurt. Relieved, yes, happy, no.”Commissioner of Maine department of public safety Mike Sauschuck said Card was found at 7.45pm near the Androscoggin River of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police found Card’s body at a recycling facility where he recently worked, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.Card, 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, had been sought since the Wednesday night shootings and murder warrants were issued against him.Ms Mills said she had called US President Joe Biden to alert him that Card was dead. “Tonight we’re grateful that Lewiston and surrounding communities are safe after spending excruciating days hiding in their homes,” Mr Biden said in a statement.He added that “Americans should not have to live like this” and called on Congress to take action on gun violence.A bulletin sent to police across the country shortly after the attack said the US Army reservist had been committed to a mental health facility for two