Washington: Agencies
Police in the US state of Maine announced the identification of the accused in the shooting in the city of Lewiston, which killed 22 people and injured dozens.
The police reported, as reported by "Russia Today", that the perpetrator of the operation is named Robert Card, a weapons instructor in the US Army Reserve, who was released from a mental hospital during the summer, and had previously threatened to commit similar incidents.
The police confirmed that the shooter is still at large, and asked all institutions to close their doors, and called on residents to remain in their homes.
A picture of the suspect armed with an automatic rifle was published, and the police dealt with separate shooting incidents in several places, including near a restaurant and another near the Walmart mall, which killed 22 people and injured 60.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, US President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation with the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, and Congressman Jared Golden, during which he expressed his readiness to provide “full support” to the federal government. Regarding the case.
Lewiston is the second largest city in the state of Maine in the northeastern United States.