2023 Lewiston shootings
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On October 25, 2023, 40-year-old Robert Card carried out a spree shooting in Lewiston, Maine, United States, resulting in the deaths of 18 individuals and injuries to 13 others.[9][10][11] The initial attack occurred at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley during a youth league event, followed shortly by a second shooting at the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant.[12] Following these events, Card escaped, prompting the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office to initiate an extensive manhunt and release his photograph identifying him as the suspect.
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![]() An image of Robert Card inside Just-In-Time Recreation released by the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office | |
Location | Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
Date | October 25, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10-25) 6:56[1] – 7:08 p.m.[2] (EDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, spree shooting, murder–suicide |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 19 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 13 |
Perpetrator | Robert Russell Card II |
Motive | Unknown (possibly mental illness, hallucinations or delusions related to traumatic brain injures)[4][5][6][7][8] |
Forty-nine hours later, on October 27, authorities discovered Card dead in a tractor-trailer near a recycling center in Lisbon, where he had been recently employed,[13] due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Examination of Card's brain tissue revealed that he had traumatic brain injures likely attributable to his eight years as a grenade instructor, when he was exposed to repeated blasts.[14] The shooting is the tenth-deadliest in U.S. history[15] and the deadliest in the history of Maine.[16]