Maine shooting: New details emerge in Robert Card's death
Police had been searching for suspect Robert Card since Wednesday night.
The manhunt has ended for suspect Robert Card, who allegedly killed 18 people and injured 13 others in a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening. Gov. Janet Mills confirmed the suspect was found dead Friday night of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Wednesday's mass shooting unfolded in two locations: a bowling alley where a children's league was taking place and a local bar, officials said.
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What we know about the victims
The names of the 18 people killed in Wednesday night's mass shooting in Maine were released by authorities on Friday.
The victims at the bowling alley include youth bowling coach Bob Violette and his wife Lucille Violette, as well as bowling alley manager Tommy Conrad.
Aaron Young, 14, and his father William "Bill" Young, 43, were also among the victims at the bowling alley, their family said.
Victims Steven Vozzella and Bill Brackett were among those killed at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant. They were a part of a gathering of deaf people playing cornhole.
-ABC News' Whitney Lloyd
Owners of bowling alley, bar speak out
The first shots were fired at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, formerly known as Sparetime.
"None of this seems real, but unfortunately it is," the owners of the bowling alley said in a statement. "We are devastated for our community and our staff. We lost some amazing and wholehearted people from our bowling family and community last night. There are no words to fix this or make it better. We are praying for everyone who has been affected by this horrific tragedy. We love you all and hold you close in our hearts."
Minutes after the massacre at the bowling alley, the mass shooting continued at the nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant.
"My heart is crushed. I am at a loss for words. In a split second your world gets turn upside down for no good reason," a statement from Schemengees said. "We [lost] great people in this community. How can we make any sense of this. Sending out prayers to everyone."
3 in critical condition
Three people are in critical condition and five others are in stable condition on Thursday morning in the wake of Wednesday night's mass shooting, according to Dr. John Alexander, chief medical officer at Central Maine Health Care.
Two patients have been transported to other hospitals and two others have been discharged, he said.
Alexander praised the work of the hospital staffers who jumped in to help. He said about 100 off-duty team members volunteered.
-ABC News' Alex Faul
Timeline: How the Maine mass shootings unfolded
At 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, emergency dispatchers began to receive 911 calls detailing a male shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, formerly known as Sparetime, State Police Col. William Ross told reporters during a news conference.
At 7:08 p.m., law enforcement received reports of an active shooter inside the billiards room at the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant in Lewiston, about 4 miles south of the bowling alley, Ross said.
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FBI offering SWAT teams, ATF running down potential gun purchases
The FBI is offering SWAT teams to assist with the manhunt and is also making available behavioral scientists who can help assess how the suspect, Robert Card, might behave in the coming hours, multiple law enforcement officials told ABC News.
U.S. Marshals are also assisting in the search for card, sources said.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are running down potential gun purchases by the suspect, sources said.
-ABC News' Pierre Thomas
Army says suspect was not a firearms instructor
The U.S. Army released a statement Thursday evening about suspect Robert Card’s service record and refuted reports that he served as a firearms instructor.
Card was a reservist and assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment in Saco, Maine which had a training at West Point over the summer, according to Army spokesperson Bryce Dubee.
"While his unit supported West Point summer training in July of 2023, there are no records to indicate he instructed or participated in any training," Dubee said in a statement. "The Army did not train SFC Card as a firearms instructor, nor did he serve in that capacity for the Army."
-ABC News' Luis Martinez