Police in Maine planned to trawl the waters of the Androscoggin River with divers and sonar in their search for US army reservist Robert R. Card, who they suspect is the mass shooter who killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston this week.
Officials ordered tens of thousands of area residents to shelter in place for their safety and indicated that the manhunt could continue for at least several days more.
Lewiston, a former textile hub of 38,000 people, and neighbouring communities have been largely shut down since the Wednesday evening attacks to enable hundreds of officers to conduct their search."I will ask the community to be as patient as possible with this process," Lewiston Police Chief David St. Pierre said at the press conference.
Mr Card, 40, is a sergeant at a nearby US Army Reserve base who law enforcement officials said had been temporarily committed to a mental health facility over the summer. "It's a small town. You get to know everybody," said Ken Spalding of Lisbon."But I had told my wife a couple of years ago, 'It's not if, my dear. It's when.'"
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