Threats were made against students and staff at MSAD 75, Northern Maine Community College and several Skowhegan-area schools.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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Gunman’s Army Reserve colleagues, friends warned he might ‘snap and do a mass shooting’
A letter and texts from members of Robert Card’s Reserve unit illustrate the fears they had about his potential for violence just weeks before he killed 18 people and wounded 13 more.
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Sagadahoc sheriff says department is still trying to answer questions about missed warning signs
Sheriff Joel Merry pointed to wider issues like limited manpower and Maine’s weak yellow flag law, factors he said may have played a larger role in failing to stop Robert Card before he killed 18 people.
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Lewiston gunman met ex at Schemengees, believed businesses were calling him a pedophile, affidavit says
Documents released Tuesday provide insight into what might have motivated Robert Card and details about the manhunt that followed last week’s shootings.
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‘It’s over’: Body of mass shooting suspect found, ending dayslong manhunt in Maine
Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said Robert Card’s body was found in Lisbon around 7:45 p.m. Friday. He confirmed that the man, accused of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Police still hunting for suspect more than 24 hours after 18 people killed in Lewiston
Police have issued murder warrants for Robert Card, of Bowdoin, in the shootings that spawned a night of terror for people at bowling alley and a bar.
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Gray weather can’t dampen autumn cheer at Pumpkin Valley Farm
Pumpkin Valley Farm in Dayton is one of many ‘agritourism’ spots in Southern Maine that offer visitors a festive taste of the farm life.
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Alone in the woods: The strange chain of events that led police to kill Shay McKenna
Nine months after Shay McKenna was accused of killing his brother Drew during a fight, a state police trooper shot and killed Shay at a makeshift camp in Rangeley Plantation. Those who knew Shay say he didn’t need to die.
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Man killed in crash after driving wrong way in Falmouth
State police said Raymond Giard III, 54, of New Hampshire, died Wednesday after driving the wrong way on the Falmouth Spur and crashing head-on into an SUV.
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South Portland teen accused in scheme to kill members of school community pleads not guilty
The South Portland 17-year-old appeared in Cumberland County Juvenile Court on Thursday on several felony level charges, including arson and solicitation for murder.