At least 22 people are dead and up to 50 injured after a gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire at three locations in Lewiston, Maine, including a bowling alley crowded with families and children.
The suspect, who is still at large, is a 40-year-old firearms instructor stationed in Saco, Maine with the Army Reserve. CBS reports that he "had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks in the summer of 2023," and an official report said he "had reported 'hearing voices and threats to shoot up' the military base."
Last night, there were reports circulating that the suspect was fleeing in a 2013 White Subaru Outback; police say they located a "vehicle of interest" in the neighboring town of Lisbon, about 8 miles away. Police have extended the shelter-in-place advisory to the town of Bowdoin.
This is the eyewitness account of a bowler who was putting on his bowling shoes when the gunfire started; he ran down a lane and climbed into the machinery behind the pins to escape.
Editor's Note: It is our policy not to name suspects in mass shootings, as notoriety is often their goal.
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