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
You have to also understand, everything we do is a methodical approach and be safe and make sure our officers are safe, and we were Fielding Hundreds of calls in our call center and there was also the tip line that i heard today, how many calls came in, there as you can imagine, it was an astronomical amount of resources being used across our community, and not everybody is in marked police cars, and not everybody is in full uniform, but there was a lot of resources from across new england that was here, including helicopters, moments after i arrived on the scene, we used every resource that was available, and we, you know, i think it was this gentleman down here, asked me, you know how long you searched for, and you expect to find him, and every officer there wasnt going home until we found the individual. [ Inaudible Question ] so Maine Recycle was cleared thursday, it was cleared on thursday, and then we, my officers, trying to think, it three hours sleep over the course of a few da
Lewiston, maines massacre, 18 people shot to death. Is 13 people injured. The suspect 40yearold robert card opened fire inside a Bowling Alley and nearby bar and grill. That was wednesday night. Its friday. Are they any closer to finding him . You would think not from the News Conference that wrapped up minutes ago. They are throwing every resource to get him. Lewiston is 30 miles north of portland. Local, state, federal Law Enforcement are out 24 7. We know robert card is a skilled outdoorsman and trained u. S. Army reserve marksman who is among the top shooters in his unit. The shelter in place order that started at 10 25 p. M. Wednesday night is still on and it is on for lewiston and now three surrounding cities. It remains in effect until police say it isnt. Here is the police chief last hour. The safety of our Community Remains paramount. I want to assure all that a tremendous amount of Law Enforcement, manpower, time and effort is being utilized around the clock in every effort t
Shooter in. Main police say the suspect is Armed And Dangerous and a shelter in place order has been issued for the town of lewiston as well as four androscoggin county, that is in maine. Police have identified 40 year old robert card as a Person Of Interest. Officials released this photo of card, who they believe as a military background, potentially 20 years of experience in the military, also potentially a history of mental illness. Theyve also released these pictures of the Person Of Interest during the shooting. The shooter reportedly opened fire at a Bowling Alley and a bar and grill in lewiston, it happened just before seven pm eastern time. Police sources say 15 to 20 people have been killed. And heres some of what we heard at a news Briefing Held by maine officials a little earlier. Police are currently searching for a robert are card for, for, 1983 of bowdoin. The card is considered Armed And Dangerous. Hes a Person Of Interest however. And thats what we will label him as as
I am trace gallagher. We are live in jerusalem covering the war in israel. We will continue to cover the war in israel. If you are just joining us at our regular time on fox news at night you are looking at a live picture of lewiston, maine. There is significant Breaking News in the United States tonight. There has been a mass shooting in lewiston, maine which is a city about 26make that 36 miles from Portland Maine in the northeast. Somebody earlier this evening about an hour and 40 minutes ago walked into either an Bowling Alley first or a Restaurant Pool Hall first and opened fired. They walked into these two locations one after the other. Now police are telling us that 22 people are confirmed to have been shot and killed. Another 30 are wounded. Many have been taken to a level 2 Trauma Center, central maine hospital, in lewiston, maine. The hospital is overrun. There are people at the hospital who put social media notes on twitter saying that the Security Guards at the hospital wer