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LEWISTON, Maine \u2014 Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine\u2019s history,<\/a> the gunman\u2019s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming \u201cconcerned\u201d about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff\u2019s Office reached out to officials of Robert Card<\/a>\u2019s Army Reserve unit, which assured deputies that they would speak to Card and make sure he got medical attention, Sheriff Joel Merry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family\u2019s concern about Card\u2019s mental health dated back to early this year before the sheriff\u2019s office was contacted in May, marking the earliest in a string of interactions that police had<\/a> with the 40-year-old firearms instructor before he marched into a bowling alley and then a bar in Lewiston last Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was found two days later with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an intensive search spanning two days that caused shelter-in-place orders and put residents on edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo released by the Lewiston Maine Police Department shows Robert Card, who police have identified as a person of interest in connection to mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. ( Lewiston Maine Police Department via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Card underwent a mental health evaluation last summer after he began acting erratically at an Army training facility in New York, officials said. A bulletin sent to police shortly after last week\u2019s attack said Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks after \u201chearing voices and threats to shoot up\u201d a military base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have not said whether they believe Card planned the Oct. 25 rampage in advance. Nearly three months ago, he tried and failed to acquire a device used to quiet gunshots, according to a gun shop owner in Auburn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick LaChapelle, owner of Coastal Defense Firearms, said Card purchased a suppressor, also called a silencer, online and arranged to pick it up at his shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card already had submitted information to the federal government to purchase it, and federal authorities had approved the sale to that point, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Card filled out the form at LaChapelle\u2019s gun shop to pick up the silencer Aug. 5, he answered \u201cyes\u201d to the question: \u201cHave you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs soon as he answered that \u2018yes\u2019 we know automatically that this is disqualifying, he\u2019s not getting a silencer today,\u201d LaChapelle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silencers are more heavily regulated under federal law than most firearms. Federal law requires buyers to apply with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and be approved. The typical wait time is between six and eight months, said Mark Collins, federal policy director at the gun violence prevention group Brady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the bureau approves the application, the silencer is sent to a licensed firearm dealer, where the buyer is required to fill out another form required for any firearm purchase. The dealer then has to run a background check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That form asks questions similar to the paperwork required to buy a gun. In Card\u2019s case, he likely would have completed the original federal paperwork months before he was committed to the mental health facility in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaChapelle said he does not know when Card made the online purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Card was polite when notified of the denial, mentioned something about the military and said he would \u201ccome right back\u201d after consulting his lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators are facing increasing public scrutiny and still searching for a motive for the massacre but have increasingly focused on Card\u2019s mental health history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police across Maine were alerted just last month to the \u201cveiled threats\u201d by the U.S. Army reservist. Two local law enforcement chiefs told The Associated Press that a statewide awareness alert was sent in mid-September to be on the lookout for Card after he made threats against his base and fellow soldiers. But ultimately, after a visit to Card\u2019s home, police moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army directed that Card \u201cshould not have a weapon, handle ammunition, and not participate in live fire activity,\u201d according to Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, an Army spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card was also declared \u201cnon-deployable due to concerns over his well-being,\u201d and his company commander was notified of the restrictions, Castro said in a written statement, adding that the Army Reserve Command Surgeon Office and medical management made multiple attempts to contact Card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army did not respond to questions about when those contacts were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, held a news conference to provide an update on the response to the shooting. The conference turned contentious quickly when Mills declined to provide information about what the investigation has turned up so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mills said state lawmakers would revisit Maine gun control laws. Proposals for tighter laws have stalled or failed in recent legislative sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to stand here today and tell you I\u2019m proposing X, Y and Z,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m here to listen, work with others and get people around the table as promptly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card\u2019s body<\/a> was found late Friday in a trailer at a recycling center in Lisbon Falls, but it was unclear when he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities recovered a multitude of weapons while searching for Card and believe he had legally purchased them, including a Ruger SFAR rifle found in his car, officials said Monday. A Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle and Smith & Wesson M&P .40-caliber handgun were with his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of Lewiston returned to work Monday, the morning after coming together to mourn those lost in the shootings. More than 1,000 people attended<\/a> Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul for a vigil in Lewiston. Some put their heads in their hands as the names of the people who died in Wednesday\u2019s shooting were read. Others quietly wept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds more watched a livestream of the vigil shown on a huge screen in front of the church. Some held American flags, and others had lit candles in cups marked with the names of the dead and injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Lewiston was slowly reopening. Lewiston Public Schools released a limited schedule for the week \u201cwith room for reflection as we move forward.\u201d Only the staff was returning Monday; students were due back Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadliest shooting in Maine\u2019s history stunned a state of 1.3 million people that has relatively little violent crime and only 29 killings in all of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lewiston shootings were the 36th mass killing<\/a> in the U.S. this year, according to a database<\/a> maintained by the AP and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. The database includes every mass killing since 2006 from all weapons in which four or more people, excluding the offender, were killed within a 24-hour time frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittle reported from Portland. Associated Press journalists David R. Martin and Matt Rourke in Lewiston, Maine, Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington, D.C., Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Bernard Condon in New York and Michael Casey in Boston contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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