‘Multiple casualties’ after at least 2 shootings in Maine city: officials
Lewiston, Maine, urged residents to shelter in place Wednesday night as they searched for an active shooter responsible for “multiple casualties” at at least two locations in the city.Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said at a late-night news conference that hundreds of officers were searching for Robert Card, who was identified by police as a person of interest in the shootings. He was considered armed and dangerous.Sauschuck said “a couple of shooting incidents occurred here with multiple casualties” in Lewiston just after 7 p.m. Eastern.
He would not give an exact figure of how many people had been killed.Maine State Police also referred to “multiple casualties” in an updated statement just after midnight Thursday without providing a number.U.S. media outlets were reporting conflicting death tolls, citing police sources, all of which were in double digits as of 12 a.m. Eastern Thursday.
The Associated Press said at least 16 people were killed, while ABC News put the number at 20. The Sun Journal, Lewiston’s largest newspaper, along with CNN, NBC News and Fox News said as many as 22 were dead. The Sun Journal cited Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson, who told the outlet that the number could rise further.Global News has not confirmed any details on the number of casualties.
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