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A police officer guards the road where the body of suspected mass shooter Robert Card was found, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine. Despite warnings of deteriorating mental health, drunken threats and guns, the sheriff department chose to avoid confronting the Army reservist who later killed 18 people and work with family and the Army to get him help, states the report, released late Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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A review defends police action before the Maine mass shooting. Legal experts say questions persist
By PATRICK WHITTLE AND DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Fri,12/15/23-5:27PM , 110 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent report conducted for a police agency clears the agency's response to growing concerns about the mental health of a man who later went on to commit the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, but it does re
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AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on several shootings in Maine.

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Maine man charged with killing his parents and 2 others indicted, faces more charges
By PATRICK WHITTLE AND DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Fri,06/16/23-2:08PM , 366 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man charged with four counts of murder for allegedly killing his parents and two others in a series of shootings that shook Maine earlier this year has been indicted, officials said on Friday.
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Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck leads a news conference, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Augusta, Maine, about shootings in the state. A Maine man who police say killed four people in a home and then shot three others randomly on a busy highway had been released days earlier from prison, a state official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

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Police: Maine man killed parents before firing on motorists
By PATRICK WHITTLE AND DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Wed,04/19/23-7:35AM , 235 Reads
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said Wednesday.
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State police in Maine say gunfire that erupted on busy highway is linked to a second crime scene where four people were found dead in a home about 25 miles away. The bodies were found in a home in the community of Bowdoin. (18 April 2023)

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4 killed in Maine home; 3 wounded in linked highway shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE AND DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Tue,04/18/23-11:47AM , 252 Reads
BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Four people were fatally shot at a house in Maine on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a busy highway, in a pair of crimes that are linked, authorities said. Hours later, a man was charged with murder.
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