The Maine gunman's Army Reserve unit asked a sheriff's office to perform a 'health and welfare check' on the reservist weeks before last week's shooting rampage, an Army spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.
The Maine gunman's Army Reserve unit asked police to check on him weeks before he went on a deadly shooting rampage at a bar and a bowling alley, according to an Army spokesperson. Robert Card killed 18 people and injured 13 others before he was found dead Friday night of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
CBS News has reached out to the sheriff's office multiple times for comment.The gunman was a sergeant first class in the 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment based in Saco, Maine, according to the Army. He worked as a petroleum supply specialist and had no combat deployments.In July, leaders of the gunman's unit said he was 'behaving erratically' while training at the U.S.
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