good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 28th. i m amara walker. ikt victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. any minute now we ll 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: we re waiting here, any minute, we should see the police chiefs from the lewiston police department, we believe a
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 self-inflicted 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 operation s 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, i m neil cavuto. good to have you on a very, very busy muse day amidst a growing and expanding rumble in israel. we ve got you covered on both as we await that press conference. let s go right to nate foy in lisbon, maine. nate. reporter
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
This important Muslim holiday would begin that very evening with the sighting of the new moon, the same moon that had just inspired thousands of people with the long thin shadow it cast across all of Maine and across the whole United States.
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