To 60 injured or wounded from one of these attacks. When you look at why that is the case, its about weaponry. Its about the guns its about what that gentlemen is carrying in his hands are there in those photos. Thank you for that, clint. Its a top of the hour, so i want to reset for anybody joining us now. Here is what we know at this hour about the shootings in lewiston, maine. At least 22 people have been killed, according to police. 50 to 60 people were wounded at several locations including a Bowling Alley, according to Law Enforcement. A local Medical Center, the central man Medical Center, it was responding to a Mass Casualty Event. Officials have urged residents in lewiston and to shelter in place. That advisement is still in place. The Sheriffs Office has released photos with a man with a rifle. I believe these are the photos needed for identification they are very much soliciting Citizen Responses for an that recognize this man or knows him. The police say that a manhunt is underway for the person allegedly connected to the shootings. Just for contacts, houston is a city of around 37,000 people. It is about 30 miles north of portland. For context, in terms of the casualties here, 29 people were murdered in the state of maine, in 2022, and 29 i am sorry, 22 people so far have been killed with what is still an active Shooter Event unfolding in lewiston this evening. Joining us now on the phone as the mayor of neighboring auburn, jason levack. Thank you for joining us. First, my condolences to those affected in your community by this tragedy, this Mass Casualty Event. I wonder if you could tell us a little bit about what is happening in auburn. I believe that there is a shelter in place order that is active in auburn right now, mayor. Thank you for having me, and thank you for that dog. All of our thoughts go out to the people of auburn and lewiston. We are one community, separated by a river. We have an issue shelter in place order. We have canceled school tomorrow, and we are actively pursuing the investigation to find out how to apprehend the suspect. Our thoughts and prayers, first and foremost, go off to the victims. This was, as he set, 35,000 people in lewiston, about 25,000 people an auburn. Plenty to people is a lot. We know these victims, and its a sad day, not just for auburn and lewistown, its a sad day for the country. Indeed, and we know that President Biden has been briefed on the situation. If you could, could you share any details that you may have about the locations where the shooter was active and or the folks that were targeted in this Mass Casualty Event . Right now, we have three locations that were targeted. Center, a lounge bar, if he would, pool hall, one that i have frequented in the pass, and a Bowling Alley. We have three locations, motive is unclear, targets, random, very random. There is no rhyme or reason. This is just absolutely one crime and murder. It does not seem at this point, the situation is only a couple hours old, but there is not seem to be any type of with their cards to victims. We have any sense of, because it is a weak night, were talking about the evening, i would assume its mostly adults frequenting the pool, the pool hall, if it was at walmart, the distribution center, i am not sure about the Bowling Alley though. Do we have any sense of whether there are any minors involved in any of this we dont have anything for sure. We do know based on the time, its predominately adults. Could there be some teenagers involved, yes. There could be. Especially at the Bowling Alley, actually, specifically the Bowling Alley. Thats someplace that my 17yearold son goes to think out he was not there tonight. Yeah. That is a possibility. Well be looking at that. I assume more information will come out in the next few, next day, next few hours. Mayor, i know youre busy, and i appreciate your time with us. If i could ask you a few more questions. As of right, now this is just a search for a single shooter, is that correct . Correct. And because we have such relatively clear photos of his face, do you know if Law Enforcement has managed to identify this person as of yet . As of right now, its an ongoing investigation. I would not comment on that okay, i understand that. In terms of the Central Maine Medical Center, we know that they were prepared to respond to a Mass Casualty Event. I think i have the statistic, right, that there were 29 murders in maine in the ear 2022, this is a moment when you have 50 to 60 people, that is at the present count, wounded. 22 that, what is the medical response . How is the Central Maine Medical Center prepared to respond to Something Like that in your community more broadly, given the relatively quiet nature of lewistown, maine and auburn . I can confirmed a number of casualties or fatalities at this point. Its a fluid situation, as im sure you can appreciate i know the folks at Central Maine Medical Center very well, including they want to demean Medical Center in portland, the main General Hospital in augusta, all relatively close these are great professionals they come from a broad background i am sure i do know that these men or women are actually unbelievable people, including the First Responders the First Responders and paramedics. It dont turn for this. You train for this, i was in the army for a few years back in my younger years. You train for a lot of things, spun till you go through it, its hard. Its difficult, but i know these individuals. I am sure that they are rising to the challenge right now, and everybody is a victim getting the best possible medical care that the. Ken mayer levesque from auburn maine, i cant imagine what your community is grappling with right now. Our thoughts are with you. And hopefully, we can speak with you as the situation develops, thank you for your time tonight. Thank you. If you are joining us, there has been some very unfortunate, tragic Breaking News out of loosen, maine this evening. Another Mass Shooting, where at least 22 people have been killed and 50 to 60 wounded in what is being termed a Mass Casualty Event that took place across three locations, including a Bowling Alley. This is what we know right now, the suspect remains at large, police have ordered residents of lewistown and auburn, maine to shelter in place and to lock the doors. Police also released an image of the suspect holding a long gun entering the Bowling Alley. You can see here that the shooter is showing his face. He is not attempting to conceal his identity. They also released this photo of the vehicle of interest that the suspect may have been driving. For context here, lewistown is the second largest city in maine. It is a relatively small city with about 38,000 people. It is maines second largest city. President biden has been briefed on the situation this evening, as has the governor of maine, jenna mills again, police are still pursuing the shooter, at least 22 people have been killed, and dozens wounded. 50 to 60 wounded in lewiston, maine. I want to turn again to msnbc senior Law Enforcement analystcentric alexander. Such a, if you could help me understand, we are awaiting a Press Conference here from local Law Enforcement. We just spoke to the mayor of neighboring alborn, or there is a shelter in place advisement in effect. The fact that folks are being urged to stay indoors, locked indoors, and outLaw Enforcement is having, presumably, eminently, having a Press Conference, does that tell you that this is still very much an active situation and they have not yet apprehended the shooter . From all the indication right now, alex, it is a very active environment there in that community, and until the subject is brought to justice, it will continue to be so. I think here, wouldnt hopefully some reasonable amount of time, there will be a presser, where the community at large, and the rest of the country will have some idea as to hopefully who the subject is, and how far they began the investigation, here again, as long as it does not get in the way of the work. I think that, at this very moment, this is a very active scene, quite sure, a lot of witnesses, a lot of Video Footage from surrounding businesses, et cetera, are going to be pulled and examined closely, and they have a process in which their locally will work with state and federal Law Enforcement in helping to identify this individual. Cedric, i am struck, these numbers are staggering, 22 dead and a shooting, 50 to 60 injured, that is of this hour. That is anabsolute, a Staggering Number of people. Again, or trying to confirm the timeline here, but that may have happened in one hour from a single shooter. All shootings are worthy of remark and grief, but this is on a different order of magnitude. In some ways, it is. Of course, we have seen these unfortunate high counts before, but this is a significant high body count of people to have died tonight, people severely injured. Here again, the severity of this event in and of itself is of huge concern in their community. You have police there in the community, of course, advising citizens to stay inside, as this Investigation Continues throughout that city and thats surrounding area. I think they are also encouraging people, as we have heard already, alex, that if they know this individual, if they think they have seen this individual as someone who may be remotely to them, will be to notify, so that at least it can be checked out and investigated. The fact that this individual so openly entered these places of where he did great injury and brought death to some people. His face. That he did not the fact that it appears that he acted so boldly, the fact that he appears to have moved from one place to another place to another place, suggests to me that this may have been well planned out by him, without regard to being identified. Or maybe he is someone that is so far in the shadows of and the individual, where he is not concerned about being identified. I think a lot here will hopefully, as the hours and days go on, wont know more. I hope that this subject can be brought to brought into custody tonight because, the longer he is out there, he is a great danger to the community, wherever he may be tonight. Absolutely. I want to interrupt for a moment in. We have news from the Justice Department this evening. The Attorney General, Merrick Garland, has been briefed that it will continue to closely monitor the situation. Federal Law Enforcement agencies are assisting local Law Enforcement partners in lewiston, maine. I want to break in here by phone, Frank Figliuzzi, former fbi and msnbc National Security. Frank, do we have you . Yes, we do, on camera, no less. Frank, the fact that the president has been briefed on this, the Attorney General has been briefed on this, federal resources are being allocated for this. Is on par with a Mass Casualty Event, 22 dead, 60 injured. Can you talk about in greater detail about the handshake between federal agencies and local Law Enforcement . What specifically do you think, for example, the fbi will be assisting local Law Enforcement with . First, alex, and terms that the gravity of what were looking at right here, this will be in the top ten, unfortunately, top ten worst Mass Shootings in our history. In fact, if you separate this from a Mass Shooting and call it a spree shooting, we may be even higher up than the top ten. That is why you see the president being briefed on this. That is the level that were at. Now with regard to the handshake between federal, state and local. Look, in the early hours of this, it was seamless. There was no talk about, hey, whos got this . Who is the lead agency . But rather, its all hands on deck. We are all responding to contain the subject, neutralize the subject and then figure out together. The fbis main concern here, in addition to all the resources and support, the crime scene and technical capabilities that the fbi has, which by the way, could be employed right now, as we are speaking, its possible that Technical Resources are being used to locate the shooter, and then the key question is is there any nexus to hate crime or terrorism . That will bring in federal jurisdiction, but absent that indication, which you dont yet have this early on, then we are looking at investigative support for the federal agencies. When we talk about the fact that this individual may not longer be in the vehicle he used, presumably again, the details are busy, to go between what is being reported as three different locations, this is a small town, relatively a small city, relatively speaking. I am having a hard time understanding whether that is advantageous to Law Enforcement apprehending him, or whether that makes their task for me infinitely more complicated like finding a needle in a haystack . Thats a good question, because you can argue this either way. If you got a subject that you are pursuing a known vehicle, i would argue that that is easier than pursuing the unknown. Whats the unknown . Where is he . Where is he on foot . A seat in a closet . A basement, an attic, where is . Has he done himself harm . This is far more difficult, if he has actually left the vehicle and Hunkered Down somewhere if the reporting is correct that there has not been any sound of gunfire lately, then it may well be that he is down for the night, Hunkered Down, hiding or has escaped the perimeter somehow, or has done harm to himself. We know, frank, that lewiston Public Schools will be closed tomorrow. The shelter in place directive is still active for residents of lewistown and auburn. The main Medical Center is dealing with what they termed the Central Maine Center is doing what we have termed a Mass Casualty Event. We have a post from the fbi boston, aubrey to you. They continue to coordinate with the local, state and federal Law Enforcement partners in maine, and we stand ready to assist with any available resources that they need, including evidence response, investigative and tactical support, as well as victim assistance. We continue to urge the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to Law Enforcement immediately. As the situation is fluid, we have no further comment at this time and refer to the main state police. This is the fbi boston saying the situation remains a very fluid. If you arent laufman, frank and i know im asking you to imagine the unimaginable to some degree. If you are Law Enforcement in the situation, and you have a situation where the active shooter as not been apprehended, perhaps not identified, citizens are being asked to stay indoors, what more do you want to see in terms of securing a community . Creating a perimeter around a city, even though its a medium or small sized city, is quite the task, with limited Law Enforcement resources. You want to search every possible Law Enforcement resources. That means, in the state of maine, your game board, efficient wild, all federal agents in small Satellite Offices maine is headquartered out of boston, has Satellite Offices in maine. Youre going to get everybody you can to establish a perimeter or at least circled the last known location. You are going to have air support, helicopters and aircraft to be brought in. The tactical resources, you cant have enough technically trained agents and officers. The main state police, fbi, local city police, will have to technical officers out of their homes and responding to this. They will create a joint operation center, so its not chaos, its coordinated, they have been rehearsing this, i am sure so they understand what a joint Incident Command Center looks like. They have done this before, at least in a dry run. The Victim Witness Program of the fbi is outstanding. They can come in and offered to set up the family notification center. That is grim business. Having people family saying, look, i have not hear