A manhunt for a known Person Of Interest. An Eyewitness Account of how it all went down. We were inside and normal Night Bowling and out of nowhere he came in and there was a loud pop. Thought it was a balloon. Im numb. I cant believe this happened around here. Its a quiet town. Down the lane, i slid basically into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and on top of the machines for ten minutes until the cops got there. Dana police urge people stay inside while they search for 40yearold robert card, a Firearms Instructor trained by the military with a recent history of being treated for mental illness. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill heavy day today. Bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Intense largescale manhunt underway. The entire county is on lockdown. Dozens of schools are closed for good reason. Residents in a number of towns are told to shelter in place after the Mass Shooting in the town of lewiston, maine, a college town 35 miles north
And so, it is the Ongoing Investigation to apprehend this individual are happening simultaneously. I cant stress it enough, this is Ongoing Investigation in the early stages and more information is going to be coming out in conjunction with the Attorney Generals Office as the lead prosecutor. We cannot share all of the information right now, and i am sure that you understand that. I want to give out two numbers that are good with the tip line and 911 is appropriate for this, but if you can call these two numbers this going to the state police tip line. Area code 2072139526. 2075099002. Well be sending something out later that has the information in it if you were not able to grab it 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 and in a coordinated effort to apprehend this individual. We have notified the Department Of Education and they have determined what they are going to do with the schools,
Tell me something. How are you . What happened, did you get a call for something . You got a call . Weve had calls all night long. Is this is a great community. They call us anytime that they hear something which is great. Reaching out, calling us, anything suspicious, make sure everybody stays indoors. When you are driving around and whatnot, id stay up near the vehicles. If i see you, i will stop and talk to you. Reporter sure. What is the reaction from people in the neighborhood with this man being on the loose here . I cant go into that right now. I will say state police im sure will be doing a news briefing. I think i heard 10 30 in lewiston. So you can get more information at that time. Reporter how long have you been out here searching . Since the incident started in h lewiston, i called the entire department in and we closed down businesses as a precaution. Reporter and your name . Ryan mcgee. Reporter are you one of the supervises . Chief of police. Reporter wow. So for you as
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
Shelter in place. Its now been more than 12 hours since the two Mass Shoot Gs happened in lewiston, maine. Police are looking for this man, robert card. Hes 40 years old and police are calling him a Person Of Interest right now. Theyve released several images of him, including surveillance photos which were showing right now from the Bowling Alley where the first shooting took place. Card is a certified Firearms Instructor and a member of the u. S. Army reserves. Police say hes armed and dangerous. We will be getting an update from police this morning. This unfolded last night at a Bowling Alley and a restaurant in lewiston, maine. Law enforcement sources tell us at cnn that 16 people were killed and 60 others were hurt. We just received video from outside the Bowling Alley when Police Arrived on scene. Take a look. Folks, this way. I suggest for your safety you go. Whats that . I suggest you go. I didnt hear you. What . I suggest you go. We have an active shooter and were not sure whe