Maine Sheriff Says He Sent Statewide Alert About Mentally Ill Democrat Gunman Last Month

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A sheriff in Maine says he sent an alert to all law enforcement
agencies in the state last month after learning that an Army
reservist had made threats against his base, a notification that
came weeks before the reservist fatally shot 18 people in America’s
deadliest mass shooting this year.

Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he sent the alert sometime
in September in an effort to find the reservist, Robert R. Card II,
40, who was said to have made threats regarding the Army Reserve
center in Saco, Maine. He said he sent a deputy to Mr. Card’s home
but that the deputy did not find him there, prompting the sheriff to
send out the notice.

The revelation is the strongest sign yet that law enforcement was
aware that Mr. Card was a potential danger before he carried out a
rampage at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston on Wednesday night.

“The guys, from what I know, paid due diligence to this and did
attempt to locate Mr. Card and they couldn’t,” Sheriff Merry said in
an interview on Saturday night.

The Maine State Police, which had led the two-day manhunt for Mr.
Card before he was found dead in a trailer at a recycling plant on
Friday night, did not respond to requests for comment. The
Associated Press first reported on the alert.

Contacted on Saturday, at least two law enforcement leaders in Maine
said they did not recall receiving the alert, though they said they
receive many such notices.

This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/us/maine-gunman-army-threats.html