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 it may have a black bumper in the rear which suggests they dont have that car in custody. If they did, they would at least know who the registered owner is. So really, what theyre relying on is a couple competing interests. Theyre telling everybody, stay inside. Dont go outside. If you are outside and you see the individual in this picture, or you see this car, call us immediately. And this, these incidents seem to have occurred at two places where there could have been quite a lot of people. Can you tell us more about these locations where this occurred . Sure. You listen to scanner traffic. The first calls were coming in at the Bowling Alley. Thats the Recreation Center where people would have been there bowling. Then the second location that was reported is a bar. A bar and grill thats only about ten minutes away from the Bowling Alley so we now know the suspects car, that the police are looking for, certainly ten minutes away. Relatively nearby. There was also a third location that the local newspaper reported. Talking about a Walmart Distribution Center where there may have been additional shootings and that is only about three minutes away from the bar. Soy clearly a very small area. Were talking about not a huge population. Lewistown is only about 40 miles north of portland. It only has about 36,000 people. The authorities have called on the folks in lewiston as well as auburn, about two miles away. So a neighboring town, to shelter in place as they look for this suspect and this mass casualty event. At least the third mass shooting this month. And as she points out, this is a small community. Maine is not a very densely populated stated to begin with. From what ive gathered, lewiston only has about 79 sworn officers in that Police Department. If you are looking at a situation in which you have a Shooting Suspect at large with some kind of longgone rifle. They dont know, it seems, where that is. What does that look like for a Small Police Department . It looks like theyll kneel a lot of help but they it almost immediately after they understood the breadth of the situation. The Maine State Police began sending all of their helicopters, their units, their investigators, their crime scene people, as well as the county sheriff, all of their resources. As well as the other towns that have their own Police Department. So you have a unified Command System under the Incident Command System where somebody is the incident commander. Someone is in charge of the crime. Someone is in charge of the hunt for the suspect. Someone is in charge of Interviewing Witnesses and gathering intelligence and feeding it out. This should be by now, a couple hours, three hours into this, a welloiled machine where that is working. Its all because of the mutual aid package that has been delivered. The fbi is en route. The fbi will be running i think through the National Integrated ballistic network to see if they match any other shootings. Do they match Anything Else that has a record of who owns that gun . Theyll be looking at that car and then going back through Traffic Cameras and videos saying, do we have a shot of that car . That same car where we can get a plate and bring it to a name . So a lot of wheelss are turning for a local Police Department who may be actually in charge of the operation. The state police may take it over. Its too early to say. But all the resources are there. I want to go now to cnn security correspondent Josh Campbell. Josh, they are telling people in that area to stay at home, to lock their doors. With a is happening right now on the ground in terms of how police are canvassing that area, both for information and also for the suspect . Using all the resources, you have the manhunt currently underway. They dont want innocent people out and about. A, in the way of Law Enforcement. It appears if you look at the locations where the suspect opened fire, these were both places where crowds would gather. You have a bar and a Bowling Alley. They certainly dont want any type of group that is congregating to continue doing so. Theyre asking people to shelter in place. To not provide an additional point of fire for the suspect. Theres a lot going on Behind The Scenes that is being fed out to the officers that are looking. After this, the authorities will go back and look for Security Camera footage around the incident. Theyre trying to establish a pattern of travel of this individual. Going to businesses. If theyre open. Going into residences to figure out if you have a ring door bell camera document they see this vehicle on that camera or the likeness of the suspect moving in a potential direction. Thats a lot of work that happens Behind The Scenes. This is all happening while theyre still in a tactical state. They dont know where this individual is. The very notion of approaching a particular place, they have to be on guard. They dont know if that individual could have secreted himself there. One thing is clear. He certainly had the intention to cause indiscriminate mass killing. You look at the number of victims at the incidents. They have a the love work ahead of them, a lot of work ahead of them. The atf, for example. Every crime scene where you have a gun that is fired. That highpower assaultstyle rifle will eject a shell casing that they can then use to analyze if they can find the identity of the gun owner. Having that vehicle, if the vehicle is indeed registered to that individual, that obviously accelerates identification. And then the last part is the public itself. Trying to crowd source. Getting that image out there that weve been showing. For two reasons. First, someone in and around that immediate area sees the individual, they certainly want you to call police. If you know this person, weve seen the front Vantage Point of that individual. Theyve put out the profile shot. Every detail down to the facial hair is potentially important. If you know this person that has a beard like this individual, or this appears to be someone you know or someone that you see, that is important from both the Public Safety standpoint and an investigative standpoint. And lastly, to state the obvious. This is certainly on the minds of officers out there. This is happening at nighttime under the cover of darkness, making the work of Law Enforcement that much more difficult as they fan out trying to find this mass shooter. Thats right. Just after 10 00 on the east coast. I want to remind folks if youre just tuning in, were following what is a Mass Casualty Incident in lewiston, maine. Some 16 people are believed to be dead and two potential locations. Also, dozens injured. 50 to 60, according to our sources. I want to come back to you on something that Josh Campbell was just talking about. The bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is now responding to this incident. What does that mean for how this investigation goes forward . It means theyll bring resources when it comes to firearms, the ability to trace ballistics, the ability to match ballistics. Theyre an unparalleled agency. In regard. If the gun can be connected to another shooting. If there is something that can bring them to who that gun belonged to. Atf is positioned to do that. We talk about the locations. Its a bar. Its a Bowling Alley. Talking to go katie, former fbi agent and literally the agent who was in on the behavioral science study of active shooters but also wrote the book, how to end Mass Shootings in america, you know, she reminds me that most active shooters, not all of them. The vast majority, when they choose a location, its a place they know. A Bowling Alley theyve been to that was familiar to them. A bar that they used to go to. A school that they attended. When you think of the two active shooters, what was the Connection Tom place. Youll remember the case in california where he went to the dance hall where he used to dance with his wife and opened fire on the crowd. That suggests, at least statistically, that the individual is local, the fact that it is not a sprawling metropolis. The quality of the pictures is good. The people who might know that face but also know a guy with that car. The ability to put that together. It seems like the kind of environment where you should be able to get that call from the Crowd Sourcing tonight and have a flname to work with. I want to bring in cnn Law Enforcement analyst charles ramsey. Mr. Ramsey, this is one of those incidents where yet again, we have a mass shooter. What makes this one a little bit different is that this is a relatively small town. Only about 40,000 people live in lewiston. How does that change how this investigation goes forward . And if were looking at trying to find a suspect, were now several hours after when this incident reportedly began. We do not believe as of now that he is in custody. How much more difficult does this get in a less sparsely populated area . Well, first, it is a small community. I think as john miller mentioned earlier, theyll have an awful lot of help between the state police and federal resources that are there. Theyll be using the incident command. So theyll have all the resources they need to make up for the fact that they just dont have it internally like you would in new york or chicago or what have you. The more time that passes, obviously, hes mobile. The key is to see whether or not they have a license tag on that vehicle. The photographs are good enough, if you know that person, you might be able to identify him and give a name. They may have an i. D. They may have an idea of who this individual is and theyre trying to track him down but the person is mobile. And they could be anywhere now. They could be out of the area. This looks like something that was planned, to me. You asked earlier, what makes it unusual . Theres more than one location. Possibly three locations. I dont know if weve confirmed a third location or not. We have not confirmed a third location. But to your point, sometimes in the early stages of these incidents, its not entirely clear what kind of situation were dealing with here. At least two of them have been confirmed. Chief ramsey, if you want to continue the point that you are making. I want to go back to something john was saying, very important. Right now were hearing that possibly 16 fatalities. 50 or 60 people that could be injured. Not all could be Gunshot Wounds. People panic, you get a st stampede. Youll have people injured that way as well. The time of weapon that person has, that theyre using. The wounds are absolutely devastating on the human body. And its unfortunate but many people simply bleed out from their wounds, even if theyre not struck initially in a vital or organ. The damage done to the body is such that a person can very easily bleed out, if not given immediate medical attention. And so the fact that they were medevacing people out. I dont know what the Surge Capacity is for that hospital. Maybe not all that much. Were talking about a small town. The longer it takes people to get into a trauma center, the more likely it is that, you know, their lives are seriously at risk. And thats an important point weve been discussing that all too many times. I want to explain what youre seeing on the screen here. These are live pictures tonight of the scene of one of the places where this incident unfolded. The restaurant. Schemengees, a bar and grille restaurant. This is a live picture of the Police Response that remains there outside of this restaurant. I want everyone to stand by for us for a few minutes. We are awaiting right now this first News Conference on these shootings and the ongoing manhunt in this tragic, tragic night in the state of maine. Well be right back. More on our Breaking News. At least 16 people have been killed tonight in maine. Dozens more are injured after two Mass Shootings in lewiston. One was at a restaurant and another was at a Bowling Alley. I want to go straight now to an official in the town. Lewiston city counsellor robert mccarthy. Thank you for joining us. First of all, what is the latest that you are hearing about the status of the suspect and the people who might be injured or dead in this incident . My understanding that they have a tentative identification of the shooting at the Bowling Alley. Confirmed, 22 dead. Many, many more injured. Theyve set up the National Guard center as a Triage Center. The two hospitals have called in every offduty staff member that they could to deal with this. We are a town of about 35,000. Our hospitals are not geared to hospital this kind of Shooting Event and theyre doing the best we can. We are blessed with one of the best Police Departments in the state and im sure theyre doing Everything Possible to find this shooter and resolve this situation. And sir, i heard you say 22 dead . We last reported 16. I just want to ask, is that coming from the police or from other Law Enforcement that it is now 22 dead . That was confirmed by the City Administrator. And do you have a sense of how many are injured . The reports are at 50 or 60 people injured. So when it comes to how your hospitals are doing right now, are they able to even take in all of these patients . Have you had to send them elsewhere for treatment . Im not sure about that. All i know, they set up a Triage Center of the National Guard location to handle those that are not as critically injured. Life flight, theyve called in the other life flight hospitals from bangor to fly out injured. To other hospitals around the ers a Large Police Presence at the hospital just in case theyve called in rescue vehicles from as far as 60, 70 miles away. Its quite a thing to go through. Yeah. First of all, i want to say im so very sorry. This is a small town. I know that you probably know people who are affected by all of this. In that vein, do you know anything more about who some of these victims are or might be . Were they patrons of these businesses . Were they believed to be people inside . Yes. They were believed to be inside. In fact, someone told me there was a childrens Bowling Event going on at the Bowling Alley which is extremely tragic, if thats the case. Its just so surreal. You see it on the news and you say, thats never going to happen here, and then it happens here. It just blows your mind. Im so sorry for what happened in your community. I do want to take a second. Our hearts and prayers go out to everybody involved and were Thinking Of You and the city is going to do whatever it takes to help anyone involved. Also, i wanted to say that my house is located a half mile from where this happened. So it was a real scary event. I live on a Dead End Street with woods behind me. We locked all the doors. We grabbed the guns and were just waiting to hear that they catch the individual or individuals that did this. Can you tell us a little more about the area where these two businesses are . You just said it is very close to your house. Give us a sense of what is there, what is around there. What does it look like . The Bowling Alley is located, its more on the outskirts of the city. It is in a business park. So most of the area was closed. There were two open restaurants that are right next door. A lot of patrons from the Bowling Alley ran there for safe have