ME - Lewiston, Mass Shooting, Multiple Scenes, 18 killed *shooter found dead* Oct 2023 #2

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The commission released its own report last month, and Mills commented on it publicly for the first time on Friday. The report states that the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in Card’s psychiatric crisis and initiate steps to seize his weapons.

The governor said she agreed with those conclusions. She also said the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office could have invoked the risk protection order but did not. In fact, there are no documented cases of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office ever using the order before the shootings, state records say.

“At its core, this tragedy was caused by a colossal failure of human judgment by several people, on several occasions; a profound negligence that — as the commission rightly stated — was an abdication of responsibility,” Mills said.

Police have upped their use of Maine's 'yellow flag' law since the state's deadliest mass shooting

Maine's governor says there has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history.

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Amid Warnings, Why Wasn't the Shooter in Lewiston, Maine Stopped? | FRONTLINE

Less than four months before an Army reservist would carry out the deadliest shooting in Maine's history came one in a series of warnings.

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Lewiston shooting survivors, struggling with financial losses, say they feel forgotten

More than a year after the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and dozens of others injured, survivors and families of those killed say they are struggling financially and feel forgotten by the state. As NEWS CENTER Maine reports, many survivors are left with...

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Survivors of Maine mass shooting and victims' relatives sue US government alleging negligence

Shooting survivors allege the U.S. Army could have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out the attack that killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in October 2023.

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Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S. Army could and should have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out what they call “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history.”