I am laura coates, another Tragic Night In America after another Mass Shooting. 22 people reported dead and multiple shootings in lewiston, maine. Telling cnn that 50 to 60 people are reported injured, though it is unclear how many are injured due to gunfire. The police have identified 40 year old robert card as a Person Of Interest in the shooting. He is described as a certified Firearms Instructor and a reserves. The u. Rmy Law Enforcement officials are saying in maine that he recently reported Mental Health issues, including hearing voices, and made threats to shoot up eight National Guard base in main. He should be considered Armed And Dangerous. There is, right now, a very intensive manhunts that is underway. Police are asking residents to shelter in place. Police are currently searching for robert card, four foot four of 1983 of boat and. Card is considered Armed And Dangerous. He is a Person Of Interest, however, and that is what we will label him as moving forward, until that c
Theyre also urging people to remain in their homes. Lets start right away with cnns chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst john miller. This is a very much an ongoing situation, it appears. What is the latest that youre hearing from your sources with the manhunt and the suspect still at large . Well, they have a picture. Theyve crowdsourced that picture. People have called in with tips. We dont know if any of the times right now are the tight tip. They have a picture of a car. So they have another lead. They dont seem to have that car. The instructions they give are, if anyone sees this car. When you look at the photo of the car, and maybe we can bring it up while were talking. It seems to be stopped with the headlights on, the door open. There seems to be a possibility that this is captured from a Surveillance Video where he rolled up in the car, opened fire, ran back out, got in the car. They dont give a License Plate on the car but its not visible from the shot. And they say
To 60 injured or wounded from one of these attacks. When you look at why that is the case, its about weaponry. Its about the guns its about what that gentlemen is carrying in his hands are there in those photos. Thank you for that, clint. Its a top of the hour, so i want to reset for anybody joining us now. Here is what we know at this hour about the shootings in lewiston, maine. At least 22 people have been killed, according to police. 50 to 60 people were wounded at several locations including a Bowling Alley, according to Law Enforcement. A local Medical Center, the central man Medical Center, it was responding to a Mass Casualty Event. Officials have urged residents in lewiston and to shelter in place. That advisement is still in place. The Sheriffs Office has released photos with a man with a rifle. I believe these are the photos needed for identification they are very much soliciting Citizen Responses for an that recognize this man or knows him. The police say that a manhunt is u
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
I cant stress this enough, this is an Ongoing Investigation in the early stages. More information will come out, in conjunction with the Attorney Generals Office as the lead prosecutor. We cant share all of our information right now and im sure you understand that. Im going to give out two numbers that go to a tip line. 911 is also appropriate for this, but if anyone can call these two numbers, this would go to the state police tip line. Area code 2072139526. 2075099002. And well be sending something out later that has that information in it, if you werent able to grab that now. Again this is a very fluid situation, we have a lot of resources as chief st. Pierre had mentioned earlier that are on the ground, in a coordinated effort to apprehend this individual. We have notified the department of education, and they have determined what theyre going to do with the schools. A lot of schools, area schools were shut down today based on our conversation with them. Again, as more information