thank you for being with us on this second hour of chris jansing reports. roughly 50,000 people are on lockdown right now across the state of maine as police continue their intense search for the man behind a shooting rampage that left 18 people dead and 13 others injured. these are the photos police want you to see because they are frantically searching for 40-year-old robert card, an army reservist with a history of mental illness. police say he killed his first seven victims at a bowling alley. then he drove across town to a bar where the rampage continued. eight more people were killed right away, three later died at the hospital. the suspect s car tracked to a nearby town where it had been abandoned by a boat dock. our small state of just 1.3 million people has long been known as one of the safest states in the nation. this attack strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. a local maine resident telling
the ongoing manhunt in lewiston, maine. and the surrounding communities. where there s fear among residents this may not be over. e death toll from two separate shootings at a bowling alley and restaurant is 18 with 13 others injured, after a senseless assault devastating the community and the state of maine. look, lewiston is a special place. it s a close-knit community with a long history of hard work, persistence, of faith, of opening its big heart to people everywhere. i love this place, just as i love our whole state with my entire heart. i m so deeply saddened, as is everyone of the 1.3 million people of this beautiful state. this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. no city does. no state, no people. this attack strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. devastating and emotional for the governor and all the residents. photos release
holding a weapon i just booked it down the lane, and i slid basically to where the pins are and climed up into the machine and was on top of the machine for about ten minutes until cops got there. i was in there about ten minutes. that was a survivor of the deadly shooting last night in maine. it s the latest mass casualty event caused by gun violence to impact our nation. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire here on way too early. it s thursday, october 26th. that s where we begin this morning with at least 15 people dead and up to 50 who may be injured in the community of lewiston. north of portland. 30 miles police say the gunmannted two locations wednesday nig. first was a bowling alley where he fatally shot seven people before moving onto a nearby bar. some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. officials fear that many teenagers could be among those killed or injured as the bowling alley was hosting its y
live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a mass murderer is on the loose in maine today. one officers say has military training, a proficiency in weapons, and multiple ways to evade police. that reality compounding the fear and grief for locals trying to process the 565th mass shooting in the u.s. this year. in this case, 18 dead, 13 more wounded, and the peaceful community of lewiston changed forever. this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. no city does. no state, no people. so now as law enforcement is in a full-scale search to track down the suspect, robert card, they are also trying to piece together the details of who he is and why he may have done this. plus, with word that he had been committed to a mental hospital earlier this year, a critical question, why did he have a gun and not just any gun, but an assault-style rifle in the first place? we start right there in southern maine, a stat
good to be with you, i m katy tur. a church, a synagogue, a walmart, a school, a grocery store, a nightclub, a spa, a shopping mall, a neighbor s house, a chinese new year s celebration, a bank, a hospital, and now a bar and grille, and bowling alley where a gunman killed 18 people and injured 13 others. police have i.d. d him as 40-year-old robert card, a man with a recent record of mental health issues, a man who has now been on the run for 20 hours, perhaps hiding somewhere in rural maine, perhaps long gone. the lewiston police department, federal, state, county, and other municipalities are involved in a coordinated search at this moment for this individual. the search to apprehend this person both happen simultaneously. our reality for today is the suspect is still at large, and we want to provide community support for the victims, for the families, and the communities across the state. but we also have an incredibly strong, laser like focus on bringing this suspect