Maine Shooting Suspect Was Found Dead Inside Box Trailer Near Former Workplace
21:38 GMT 28.10.2023 (Updated: 21:49 GMT 28.10.2023)
© AFP 2023 / ANGELA WEISS(FILES) Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck speaks to the press during a press conference at Lewiston City Hall in Lewiston, Maine, under a picture of suspect Robert Card on October 27, 2023. The suspect in a mass shooting in the US state of Maine has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, US media reported October 27, 2023, after an intense manhunt that lasted more than two days. Details were not immediately known, but authorities in Maine called a news conference for 10 pm (0200 GMT).
© AFP 2023 / ANGELA WEISS
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The body of Robert Card, the suspect in the shooting that occurred in the US state of Maine this week, was found inside a metal storage trailer near the recycling center where he used to work, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck confirmed on Saturday.
"So the main state police tactical team ultimately were the ones that located the body within one of those trailers," Sauschuck said during a media briefing.
At 7:45 p.m. (23:45 GMT) on Friday, Card's body was found on the property, which contains overflow trailers of recycled materials, belonging to the recycling center where he used to work.
The commissioner also confirmed earlier reports of a note being found in Card's residence, but stopped short of characterizing it as a suicide note.
"So this is a paper style note. I'm not going to read it to you verbatim but ... it's a note to a loved one saying that 'This is the passcode for my phone. This is the bank account numbers.' And I wouldn't describe it as an explicit suicide note, but the tone and tenor was that the individual was not going to be around and wanted to make sure that this loved one had access to his phone," Sauschuck said.
Maine authorities are presently working on gaining access to Card's phone and records, the commissioner added.
Late Wednesday, the 40-year-old gunman opened fire at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, killed at least 18 people and injuring numerous individuals in the area. Earlier reports detailed that Card had previously threatened to carry out a mass shooting, and that he had been admitted to a mental health facility over the summer for a two-week period.
A motive for the shooting has yet to be determined amid an ongoing investigation into the the shooting.