Maine shooting suspect still at large
A huge manhunt is being carried out in Maine for the US Army reservist suspected of murdering 18 people and injuring 13 others in a mass shooting.
Hundreds of police officers and FBI agents are searching for Robert Card, who is said to be armed and dangerous, according to BBC.
Schools and businesses have closed and people have taken shelter as far as 80 km away from the scenes of Wednesday’s shootings in Lewiston.
On Thursday night, police raided a property in neighboring Bowdoin.
Part of the search played out on live TV as police executed warrants in the town, which is around a 20-minute drive from Lewiston.
Over a megaphone, police were heard yelling for Mr. Card to surrender and to come out of a house “with your hands up.”
After a few hours, police departed the scene.
It is unclear what prompted the search, and an official said police were “simply doing their due diligence by tracking down every lead in an effort to locate and apprehend Card.”
Wednesday’s bloodshed marked the worst mass shooting in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which counts those where four or more people are killed or injured, excluding the gunman.