Police video shows police knew Maine shooter was a threat. They also felt confronting him was unsafe
By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press on December 22, 2023.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Police in Maine feared confronting an Army reservist prior to the worst mass shooting in state history would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to footage released by law enforcement. The videos were released to the Portland Press Herald and then sent to The Associated Press on Friday. Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist, committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history when he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar on Oct. 25 in Lewiston. Card’s body was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound two days after the shootings. Reports soon began to emerge that he had spent two weeks in a psychiatric hospital months before the attacks and had amassed weapons. 5-4
