One of the motivations behind the mandala is to help the Lewiston-Auburn community recover from the trauma of the 2023 mass shooting.
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Sea Dogs show support for Deaf community, Lewiston shooting victims
The Sea Dogs are auctioning newly made and autographed jerseys that spell out ‘Sea Dogs’ in the American Sign Language alphabet.
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Army Reserve commander defends unit’s response to Lewiston shooter’s mental health
Robert Card’s battalion commander said his team did all it could to respond to warnings about Card’s failing mental health last year and that his medical providers and police should have taken more responsibility.
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Documents reveal police officers’ ‘courageous’ response to Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston
Firsthand reports by individual Lewiston, Auburn and Androscoggin County officers describe courage, caring in the horrific first hours.
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Advocacy group says underutilized mental health statute could have prevented Lewiston shooting
Members of the National Shattering Silence Coalition, including former state legislator John Nutting, have urged the commission investigating the shooting to promote expanding use of Maine’s progressive treatment program.
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Senate bill contains military blast protection spurred by Lewiston mass shooting
However, the House version of the defense bill, which cleared the House in a partisan vote on Friday, does not contain the Blast Overpressure Safety Act.
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Maine Trust for Local News wins award for coverage of Lewiston shooting
The Freedom of Information Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition recognizes the group of newspapers for ‘relentlessly’ requesting public information from the government that helped it report on Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
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Army reservists’ mental health oversight differs from active-duty troops, Lewiston commission told
Thursday’s appearance by an Army doctor was a chance for members to get clarity on what types of resources were offered to mass shooter Robert Card in the months before last year’s tragedy.
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State police say tipster lied about Lewiston gunman going to shooting range before mass shooting
An FBI bulletin included in the 3,000 pages of documents state police released Friday said Robert Card frightened a friend with his erratic behavior just before the mass shooting in Lewiston, but the man later admitted to police that he was lying.
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Lewiston gunman’s ex-girlfriend doesn’t believe he was trying to target her
Johanna Carr said Robert Card could have easily figured out ahead of time if she was at Schemengees and would have known that she wouldn’t have been at Just-in-Time Recreation, the two places where Card killed 18 people in October.