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Maine shooting suspect found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, ending dayslong manhunt

Divers prepare to search the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls, Maine, on Oct. 27, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card was found dead Friday, law enforcement sources told The Times, ending an epic manhunt for the mass shooting suspect that forced a large swath of Central Maine to remain indoors.

Officials were expected to release more information at a press conference Friday night.

Nearly 48 hours into a shelter-in-place order following the state’s deadliest mass shooting, bar owner Earl St. Hilaire said some friends started asking about his plans to reopen after keeping the bar shut Thursday. Safety remained his top priority, he said, but it’s also important to be there for one another.

“I kind of wanted of let them breathe and relax instead of being tense,” said St. Hilaire, 49, a lifelong resident of the area. “I wanted them to talk with each other.”

In a country where so much of a mass shooting’s aftermath has become almost routine — makeshift memorials at the scene, candlelight vigils, pleas for stricter gun laws — the eerie quiet in Lewiston, Maine, throughout much of Friday was far from normal, with few opportunities for the kind of communal

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