Man Suspected of Killing 18 in Pine Tree State Found Dead From Self-Inflicted Gunshot

‘I’m relieved but not happy,’ one resident says as discovery ends intensive search that left state on edge.

AP/Robert F. Bukaty
A police officer guards the road to a recycling facility where a suspected killer of 18, Robert Card, was found, on October 27, 2023, at Lisbon, Maine. AP/Robert F. Bukaty

LEWISTON, Maine — The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar at Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state on edge.

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