Bar, killing eight more. Three others dying at the hospital. His vehicle found at a boat launch. And just in, the gun discovered inside. The moments of terror. The father of one victim telling me he died a hero. He picked up a butcher knife, and he tried to go at the gunman to stop him from shooting anybody else. Also, the note found at the suspects home, and what were learning about him. A Longtime Army reservist. His struggles with Mental Health, and what his family told us about him hearing voices. Our full team coverage. Also tonight, Israeli Forces carrying out a targeted ground raid in gaza. Armored bulldozers breaking through, a column of tanks rolling in. Our team inside gaza witnessing an israeli air strike, children rescued from the rubble. The deadly toll of hurricane otis. At least 27 killed after the Monster Storm slammed acapulco. Our report from the storm zone. And the strike breakthrough. The uaw reaching a tentative deal with one of the big three automakers. Where does that leave the other two . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt reporting tonight from lewiston, maine. Good evening, everyone. The state of maine is in a State Of Shock and fear tonight. Streets are virtually empty as residents shelter in place 24 hours after Authorities Say a u. S. Army reservist walked into a Bowling Alley and then in a bar just over my shoulder and shot and killed 18 people, wounding 13 more. Tonight a massive search is under way for 40yearold robert card. Police say he is Armed And Dangerous and should not be approached. And Authorities Say card spent two weeks in a Mental Health facility this past summer after acting erratically. Tonight miles of businesses and homes in and around lewiston, maines second largest city, are on lockdown, including a nearby college and Grade Schools as hundreds of Law Enforcement officers search for the suspect. It is this years deadliest Mass Shooting, and it has jolted the country once again. Tonight a mass killer is on the loose and a large swath of maine is on lockdown. Hundreds of Law Enforcement officers urgently searching for the Armed And Dangerous man they say carried out a Shooting Rampage at a Bowling Alley and a bar in lewiston, killing at least 18 and injuring at least 13. There is a fullcourt press by all of our partners to bring him into custody. Businesses and schools up to 50 miles away are closed. Police advise that maine people should not approach him under any circumstances. Officials say the suspect is 40yearold robert card from bowdoin, a longtime member of the army reserve. A Family Member says he struggled recently with Mental Health issues. Law enforcement sources tell nbc news a note was found at cards home. They are working to determine its meaning. Police say they also located a white subaru, registered to card, at a nearby boat landing. I want to know who, where, when, why. Why would he do this . Why in lewiston, maine . Today body bags were removed from just in time recreation where the rampage began. Active shooter incident, all available units to lewiston. Officials say the first 911 call came in at 6 56 p. M. Wednesday night reporting a shooter at the Bowling Alley, which was hosting a youth night. Probably 50 feet behind me. He was close. Very close. People inside hid under tables and behind bowling pins. I just booked it down the lane and i slid into where the pins are and climbed up into the machine and was on top of the machine for about ten minutes until the cops got there. Police say seven were killed there. Two active shooter locations. The second will be at schemengees. Just 12 minutes later, more calls flooded into 911. The shooter had opened fire again, this time four miles away at Schemengees Bar and grill, where police say he killed eight. Officials say multiple Law Enforcement agencies were dispatched to the scenes. Its unclear what time they arrived. Among the dead at the Bowling Alley, bill young and his 14yearold son aaron, and tricia aslan, who worked there and was bowling with her sister when shots rang out. Her mom says she was killed while calling 911. Her sister survived. The world lost a great girl, and i lost a precious daughter. Leroy walkers son joey was a manager at schemengess. He says the suspect had been there before. And all of the people there, they know him. So he would come to schemengees . Would come schemengees. Hes been there off and on. Leroy says he waited 15 hours to hear whether joey was among the dead. Youre all going through a lot of pain right now. Its awful, that moment. When i got the call, he said joeys dead. It just it brought me back there, brought me right back to my knees. He says joey was a married father of two who Loved Running Corn Hole Tournaments at the bar. As manager of that club, he loved that club enough and the people enough that he would give his life. And thats what he did. A State Trooper told the family joey died a hero. He picked up a butcher knife, and he tried to go at the gunman to stop him from shooting anybody else. Does that change your pain at all, knowing this . It made it worse. Yeah. Yeah, it made it worse. Tonight President Biden ordering flags across the country to be flown at halfstaff to honor joey and the 17 others who lost their lives. My boy joey will be missed by thousands. You were close . Oh, yeah. Yep. And were learning new details about the suspects background with guns and about potential Warning Signs before last nights shooting. Sam brock is in the suspects hometown. Sam, what are you learned today . Lester, Law Enforcement says the gun was found in that white subaru. They are looking right now to see if its the same weapon that was used in the Mass Shooting as we are hearing from the card family, who says that they alerted authorities that this is one who needed help. In robert cards home town of bowdoin, maine, areawide shock. Its mindblowing. Everything about it is unbelievable. Why this is going on and why this happened. Reporter even as the suspects own family reveals chilling details about the decades long army reservist. His sisterinlaw telling nbc news they alerted police and military officials that card was experiencing an acute Mental Health episode in the months before wednesdays massacre, saying he had been fitted for highpowered hearing aids a couple of months ago and was picking up words he never heard. His mind was twisting them around. His family concerned about the mental state of someone who performs gun training. What we did, meeting him, the way he showed us how to use a weapon, the man is smart. Hes really smart. And he is tactical. Reporter former reservist phil gregory says he learned to use an m16 rifle from card. They werent in the same unit, but the 40yearold left an impression on gregory. He knows warfare. He understands it. He may never have been deployed, but he is smart. He knows what to do. I think the soldiers need to be here, to be honest. I really do. Reporter the Assault Rifle believed to be the one used to massacre and maim 30 people was purchased legally in 2023, according to two senior Law Enforcement officials briefed on the matter. And officials tell nbc news card threatened a Military Base and was sent by his own commanders to a Mental Health care facility for two weeks of psychiatric treatment in july. How could someone that fits that profile still be in possession of semiautomatic weapons . Well, i do think the statutes around firearms and the possession of those are pretty complex. I know well be reviewing that information as we move forward. Reporter back in bowdoin, where cards family has owned land for generations, childhood Neighbor Richard is blindsided. No one would have seen this coming . Never. Never expected this to happen here. Reporter sam brock, nbc news, bowdoin, maine. And with a killer on the run, many families spent hour after hour here on lockdown. Emilie ikeda has more on a community on edge. Reporter tonight, amid an urgent manhunt, Tens Of Thousands of people across two counties are sheltering in place. Police telling people to secure their homes and vehicles. Ive never locked my door once at night. I leave them wide open. Now im going to get a ring cam. Scary. Reporter today the streets of maines second biggest city, lewiston, eerily quiet. Gas stations, restaurants and pharmacies shuttering their doors. And dozens of schools even three hours away canceling classes. Jasmine gray hasnt left her dorm room at bathe College Since last night. I didnt think this was going to happen my first year of college. Its something that just doesnt happen in maine, because its so safe. Reporter a shock echoed by trevor brooks, who learned one of his customers is in critical condition. It is a closeknit community, you know. I would say were more like three degrees of separation rather than six around here. Reporter governor janet mills who worked in lewiston for years called wednesdays violence an assault on maines peace of mind. Our small state of just 1. 3 Million People has long been known as one of the safest states in the nation. Reporter the Mass Shooting death toll approaches the number of homicides the entire state typically sees throughout the year, a total of 29 homicides last year. 20 the year before. On the Facebook Page for schemengees, where eight people died, this post. Im at a loss for words. In a split second, your world gets turned upside down for no good reason. How can we make any sense of this . A heartwrenching question many here are wrestling with here tonight. Im going to go home tonight and be with my kids and im not going watch the news and think wow, that was in florida texas. That was in my backyard. Emilie ikeda, nbc news, lewiston, maine. Were keeping a sharp eye on the situation in the middle east tonight. Israel targeting hamas in gaza and is now carrying out what it called a targeted raid on the ground as fears grow for hostages held by hamas, including some americans. Chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engel has late details. Reporter israel tonight says it killed a senior hamas commander hours after the militarys biggest Ground Incursion yet into gaza. With armored bull dozers and columns of tanks firing on the move. Israel called it a targeted raid to prepare for the next phase of the war against hamas. Its also a test of hamas defenses to probe for tunnels the militants use to move and launch surprise attacks. They are not new. Nearly 15 years ago, i went down into one. So ive just reached the bottom. Its 18 meters from top to bottom. Its extraordinarily claustrophobic down here. A lot of this tunnel remains. Its reinforced with wood. Reporter the tunnels have gotten more elaborate since then. A maze under gaza, where released hostages say they were held. Hamas has only freed four hostages so far. Today israeli families pleading for the rest to be set free. Simona steinbrecker recalling being on the phone just before her daughter was taken. She was crying and prayed, and crying mommy, mommy, they come to take us. Help me, help me, help me, mommy. But i cant go to help her because the place with hamas. Reporter for now, israel is striking whats above ground. Our crew in Southern Gaza witnessed an israeli air strike and rushed toward it. A boy is rescued from the rubble. But a girl remains trapped. She is eventually freed, and our cameraman caught up with her in an ambulance. She is dazed and seems unaware of whats happening around her. At the hospital, shes treated on the floor. Given air, and comes around as she is cleaned. She says her name is miral and asked if her father is alive. The medic tells her he is fine, but didnt know. A woman next to her asks why are they doing this to us . What did we do . Israel and President Biden accuse hamas of using civilians as human shields. But palestinians who cant leave gaza ask where else are they supposed to go . Lester . Richard engel, thank you. Rising tensions are fueling an alarming increase in antisemitism while palestinians have been targeted as well. We get more from andrea mitchell. Reporter videos showing jewish students scared inside a Cooper Union College library as pro Palestinian Protesters pounded on the door, shouting free palestine. Antiisrael slogans projected at night on campus buildings at George Washington university in downtown washington. A jewish man describes a Home Invasion in los angeles. He says the attacker was shouting this free palestine we need to kill the israeli people. Reporter an alarming surge in antisemitic incidents in the u. S. Since the hamas attack in israel and israels air strikes in gaza. According to the antidefamation league, up 388 over the same period last year. To what do you attribute it . When you dehumanize and dehumanize demonize israelis and jews, it leads to antijewish sentiment around the world. And weve seen how antisemitism has been normalized here in the united states. Reporter palestinian groups also reporting incidents against them, the most devastating the murder of 6yearold Wadea Al Fayoume and stabbing of his mother. Chicago police say by their landlord in an alleged hate crime. It is very concerning. It is an example of what can happen to a community when theyre dehumanized. Reporter the white house calling the incidents of antisemitism over the past week a disturbing pattern that shocks the conscience and turn the stomach. Lester . Andrea mitchell, thank you. In 60 seconds, the devastating and deadly toll of hurricane otis. 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It does, however, have its own natural beauty. I grew up in auburn, maine, the twin city of lewiston. La, as locals call them. Two towns, one community that sit across the andersscoggin river. From each other. When i was growing up, if the wind were blowing just right, you could smell the river before you could see it. It was so polluted by cotton and paper mills using it for power. We werent famous for very much, but all eyes were on lewiston in 1965 when sonny liston was knocked out by a 23yearold muhammed ali. Lewiston is a blue collar and middle class family kind of place. People tend to their own business there, but rally around when someone is hurting. And tonight theyre hurting. My maine people are safe tonight, sheltering in homes i remember from childhood, but too many of our friends and neighbors will never go home again. So tonight we lead the news. Another gunman took the lives of more innocents in one more town where we thought it could never happen. Cynthia mcfadden, nbc news. Thats nightly news for this thursday. Thank you for watching, everyone. Im lester holt. Please take care of yourself and each other. Good night. A hitandrun crash, a stolen vehicle, a 21yearold pregnant woman and her baby killed. San jose investigators are searching for answers today. Good afternoon. Im audrey. Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Our ian