Military officials alerted police in September that Card had been hospitalized after exhibiting erratic behavior and that he still had access to weapons.
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Videos show police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state’s deadliest mass shooting would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas."
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in Maine s deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would "throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas," according to video released Friday by law enforcement.