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Until now, many of Robert Card's family members have remained out of the public eye.

176 days, 25 officers: Police were repeatedly warned about Robert Card's erratic behavior, his weapons, and his threats. This is an account of those warnings.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officers spoke Thursday of the difficulty in implementing the state’s yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis, d...

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Law enforcement officers spoke Thursday of the difficulty in implementing the states yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis, describing a cumbersome and time-consuming process in testimony to an independent commission that is investigating a mass shooting in which an Army reservist killed 18 people.

Law enforcement officers say Maine's yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis is cumbersome and time consuming.

Two police officers who responded to reports of Robert Card's declining mental health on May 3 and Sept. 15 testified Thursday before the state commission investigating the mass shootings.

A Maine sheriff is defending the actions of his deputies during interactions with an Army reservist who later killed 18 people, saying they were limited in what they could do during a welfare check.

Card died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound after committing the shootings. The mass shooting he committed was the deadliest in Maine history and has motivated new discussions about gun rights and gun control in a state with one of the highest rates of firearm ownership in the Northeast.