York city tonight. Buckle up, we have two breaking stories happening simultaneously. At this hour the manhunt for the maine shooter still ongoing. Police have recovered his cell phone and a suicide note addressed to his son. A live report from maine later in the hour. But, first, just hours ago, the Israeli Military announcing that their Ground Forces are expanding their operations in gaza. The announcement came as the Israeli Military pounded away with unprecedented Artillery Strikes on the gaza strip. Now, it should be pointed out that as hamas apologists call for a unilateral ceasefire thats the word you hear everywhere from israel. The terror Group Continues to fire a barrage of missiles into israel. A majority of them toward the Civilian Population in tel aviv. A live report from there and all across israel throughout the hour. With a Ground Invasion by israel eminent, its important to note that this is not happening in a vacuum. The decision to expand the effort by the israeli wa
Suspect in the Mass Shootings in lewiston. Now, Law Enforcement descending on that town and the surrounding communities and a shelter in place order has expanded now as this Hunt For Accused Mass Killer robert card enters a second day. Last night police surrounded cards home in bowdoin, maine, with spotlights, with drones, calling for anyone inside that house to surrender. Apparently he wasnt there, but it does show that police are systematically searching locations known to card. We have a team of reporters and analysts with us this morning. Lets start with nbcs Antonia Hylton live in lewiston, maine. Antonia, again, we are expecting this News Conference to begin any moment. Well break as soon as they begin. What do we know right now about where police are focusing their manhunt this hour . Reporter well, this has really become a multistate effort, and of course federal partners with the fbi and atf with also on the ground. We dont know the exact perimeters, but our understanding is t
Sliding down the Bowling Aisle into the pins and climbing up into the bowling machine. The suspects car was later found in the town of lisbon, maine without him in it. Communities in maine are on lockdown as multiple agencies, Law Enforcement agencies search for the suspect. The individual is considered Armed And Dangerous. Hes a firearms instructor. Hes a member of the u. S. Army reserve. Sources tell cnn that he was at the camp smith Training Facility in Upstate New York this summer when he purportedly started making statements about Hearing Voices in his head and having thoughts about wanting to hurt his fellow soldiers. He then spent time in an Army Hospital for medical evaluation. Now people in communities near the shooting are in lockdown and on edge of course. Theyre calling police. Theyre reporting suspicious people. Theyre hearing noises in the woods. Theyre hearing far off gunshots. So far there arent any tips that have led to the suspect. Cnn is learning more about some of t
Hello. Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. John berman is live in lewiston, maine, the scene of Mass Shootings at two separate locations. Officials today updating the death toll to 18. They say eight of those killed have been identified. Another 13 were injured. Several of them in critical condition. John. Yeah, boris, the gunman is still on the loose. In fact, we just got an updated Public Safety alert that crossed all of our phones up here that said a shelter in place order in Androscoggin County which is where i am, and the Northern County nearby has been extended. Please make sure your homes and vehicles are secured. That warn just came out seconds ago. People in multiple locations now being told to shelter in place. This huge manhunt is intensifying for the suspect, robert card, you can see him there on your screen, 40 years old. His family is urging him to surrender. Police have released several images of card, including surveillance photos. You can see him pointing an ar15 sty
Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. With john berman on the ground in maine where an urgent manhunt is under way for the suspect in two Mass Shootings. And cnn just learned the name of one of 18 people gunned down in that rampage. Trisha ashlan was a 53yearold mother who worked at the Bowling Alley, according to her brother, that is one of the locations where the shooting broke out. The other was a bar grille, a tenminute drive, three of them in critical condition, john. Yeah, this is huge manhunt under way in the surrounding area here. Hundreds of officers state and federal on the hunt for this alleged mass murderer. 40yearold robert card. His family has urged card to surrender. That is according to his brother. But that man is now been on the run for some 18 hours now which is really shut down much of the area. Schools, stores, banks, the department of motor vehicles. L. L. Bean which is about 15 miles away which many people know is open on christma