Shooter has been found dead more answers hopefully. Our Special Coverage continues right now with abby philip. This is cnn breaking news. Straight to the breaking news. The suspect that took place in maine killing 18 people is now dad according to the sheriff. Sources say from an apparent selfinflicted Gunshot Wound to the head. Expecting a News Conference, on the death of the 40yearold robert who is the suspect in this Mass Shooting. He was found in an area near the Recycling Center. Accused of murdering 18 innocent people wounding 13 others. In the small city. It is the deadliest Mass Shooting in the u. S. They share in a nation that sees all too many of these. Straight to the site of where this body was found. Correspondent ryan in lisbon, maine. Tell us about where you are, what this area is like. It is pitch black now but what is it like in the daylight. Reporter this is kind of a small part of the town. It is kind of a strip mall kind of area but there are woods behind me here. T
Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, october 28th. Im amara walker. Ikt victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Any minute now well get an update on the Mass Shootings in maine, 18 people were killed, we will bring it to you as soon as it begins but for now, here is what we know. The accused shooter is dead. Police found his body last night, not far from his workplace. And investigators said that he left a note behind, that indicated that he did not expect to be alive by the time that note was found. The city of lewiston can focus now on saying goodbye to those who were lost in the shootings. All 18 victims have been identified. They include a father and son, while bowling, a married couple and members of the Deaf Community competing in a corn hole tournament. Shimon prokupecz is in lewiston, where the News Conference is about to begin. Reporter were waiting here, any minute, we should see the Police Chiefs from the Lewiston Police department, we believe and the Lisbon Police d
Maine, but a war in israel that started three weeks ago is just getting started. In maine we are minutes away from an update from State Officials confirming Shooting Suspect robert card is dead from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Closure for some, but not for the families of 18 victims still wondering why he did it in the first place and eager to learn what he wrote in that note he left behind. In israel, rapidly expanding ground operations on and a building u. S. Presence in the region. The Uss Eisenhower Carrier has entered the mediterranean and set to join the uss gerald r. Ford in a show of force as protests pick up anew all over the world including thousands gathering in london right now in support of palestinians. Welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto. Good to have you on a very, very busy muse day amidst a growing and expanding rumble in israel. Weve got you covered on both as we await that Press Conference. Lets go right to nate foy in lisbon, maine. Nate. Reporter hey, neil, good
Night. Israels Ground Operations have now expanded. We have large explosions, arti artillery, tank fire, and possible Bunker Buster Bombs heard and seen all night long as the idf has now confirmed the expansion of operations, in other words, the Ground Incursion into gaza has now officially begun. Heres a description of how things went on earlier tonight, just how this all got started from trey yingst. Clearly something is happening. We cite the israeli military, they say theyre having ground raids into gaza. Dont want to speculate or call it what it could be, we need to wait and be patient. This is unlike any other night we covered. We have been here the past 20 days as it unfolds. This is a significant development. Also to give you a sense of the phases here, this is indicative of what we expected to come next. Israel told us they would be ramping up strikes against gaza before entering on the ground, this is the next phase of the war. At this moment, i cannot confirm the Ground Oper
sources tell nbc news that he was found nearby a recycling plant, where he once worked, taking a look at the podium where hopefully we will be getting an update soon. but he was found near a recycling plant where he used to work. this is also nearby the river. this is where we had seen an exhaustive search effort. i mean, if you ve been watching the news the past two days of the search effort, it s been extensive. we re not just taking to the woods, they were looking at every single home, barn, every place where they think somebody could be hiding. not just checking it once, but multiple times. then of course, that river. the really took a look at that because that was where his vehicle was found. they noted in the trunk of the vehicle, the weapon they believed was used to carry out the attack was found in the trunk. then they were taken to the river, they were looking not just all around it, but they were using sonar devices. they had divers that were coming in from other