Sightings Of Maine Mass Shooter, Robert Card, Confirmed By Police
By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on October 27, 2023 at 5:41 PM EDT
Updated on October 27, 2023 at 7:20 PM EDT
Police have just updated the public in regards to the massive manhunt for Robert Card, confirming that multiple tips have come into the police that the suspect has been spotted in several locations.
Unfortunately, law enforcement says they have not seen Card in two days, and continue to look for the 40-year-old army vet. The alleged killer is responsible for killing 18 people in a bowling alley and at a local bar in Lewiston, Maine.
Cops Ask Public To Be 'Vigilant' As Maine Manhunt Continues
In the press conference Friday evening, law enforcement is asking folks to be 'vigilant' as the search for Robert Card continues.
"We have 530+ tips and leads, some of those have been sightings, some of those have been as simple as 'I have a vacant house over here'," the spokesperson said during the press conference. It has been confirmed that law enforcement has not seen him in the last two days, even though the public has called in saying they have seen the individual. It is unclear when the last tip came in stating they have spotted Card.
Friday evening, it was confirmed the divers were still searching the waters and police were searching the surrounding areas. The on-scene investigation is still ongoing at the bar scene and the bowling alley, though it is "progressing as expected", the spokesperson said during the press conference Friday evening.
The latest updates come one day after the FBI and local law enforcement surrounded a home believed to belong to Card. They had a standoff for several hours on Thursday evening, however, Card was not inside. Law enforcement, did, however, find a suicide note left by the suspect addressed to his son.
Divers were sent into the river on Friday morning near the boat dock -- Papermills Trail and Park Boat Launch -- where Card’s car was found to continue the search for the 40-year-old suspect.
Law enforcement recently recovered his cellphone, according to officials.
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The Maine manhunt is ongoing in the area where Robert Card dumped his car, near the Papermills Trail and Park Boat Launch.
The suspect is a sergeant first class in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he enlisted in the Reserve in 2002. He is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment in Saco, Maine, U.S. Army spokesperson Bryce Dubee told CBS News.
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The 40-year-old recently stated he was hearing voices, and had threatened to shoot up the National Guard base in Saco. He was then committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this summer.
Timeline of Maine Mass Shooting Events
October 25 at 6:56 p.m. ET: The Auburn communications center received a 911 call of a male shooting in the Sparetime Recreation Center, a bowling alley located in the town of Lewiston, Maine.
October 25 at 7:08 p.m. ET: The communications center continued to receive multiple 911 calls about an active shooter inside a local bar, Schemengees Bar and Grille, in the same town of Lewiston. A total of 18 people have died thus far — Seven people at the Just-In-Time Recreation Bowling Alley, eight people at the local Schemengees Bar and Grille, and three people who were rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead. Several others are injured and remain at the hospital for care.
October 25 at 9:26 p.m. ET: Authorities learn Card’s identity after the Lewiston Police Department received a call identifying Card as the man in the photos released earlier in the evening.
October 25 at 9:56 p.m. ET: Robert Card’s car was located about 8 miles southeast of Lewiston. It was a white Subaru at Pejepscot Boat Launch.
October 25 at 10:52 p.m. ET: Lewiston Police named Card “as a person of interest” in the shootings at Schemengees Bar and the bowling alley.
October 26 around 5:30 p.m. ET: A video was shared to social media that showed the FBI standing outside of a home in Bowdoin, Maine, with their weapons pointed at the end of the road, yelling “It’s the FBI, open the door” several times.
October 26 around 8:00 p.m. ET: As the FBI raided the suspect’s home, a suicide note was found from Card, addressed to his son. It is unclear at this time what the note exactly said, and Card’s whereabouts are still unknown.
October 27 around 10:00 a.m. ET: Authorities begin searching the river and surrounding areas where Card’s car was located.
October 27 around 1:50 p.m. ET: Law enforcement recovers Card’s cellphone.
Robert Card remains at large.
