WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. ALL RIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU. AND LEWISTON’S POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY’RE ONLY BEGINNING TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE THREATS MADE BY THE ALLEGED SHOOTER BEFORE CARRYING OUT THE MASSACRES. THE POLICE CHIEF SPOKE WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS. YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS A COMPONENT OF THIS BY FAR. I’M QUITE CERTAIN OF IT. I’M NO CLINICIAN AND I DON’T HAVE ACCESS OR PRIVY TO ANY MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS THAT MR. CARD PERHAPS MIGHT HAVE HAD. BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT. WE’RE GOING TO DEBRIEF. WE’RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY EVEN FIND A BETTER WAY. IF THERE WAS SOME WARNING SIGNS THAT WERE GIVEN, HOW CAN WE MORE EFFECTIVELY PUT THOSE WARNINGS OUT AND WHAT CAN WE DO IN RESPONSE TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN? AND THE CHIEF SAYS THEY ARE ANALYZING DEVICES, TEXT MESSAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CONNECTED TO ROBERT CARD. CHIEF SAINT-PIERRE ALSO WAS ASKED ABOUT CARD TRYING TO BUY A SILENCER A FEW MONTHS AGO.
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Mental health will be part of shooting investigation, Lewiston, Maine’s police chief says
Updated: 12:27 PM EDT Oct 30, 2023
The chief of police in Lewiston, Maine said that investigators are beginning to investigate possible threats made by the suspected shooter before 18 people were killed at two businesses in the city last week. “Mental health is a component of this by far, I’m quite certain of it,” Chief David St. Pierre told ABC’s Good Morning America.Robert Card was found dead on Friday after a widespread manhunt. He was wanted in connection with the deadly shootings on Wednesday at Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street and Just-In-Time Recreation on Mollison Way in the city of Lewiston. Another 13 people were injured.St. Pierre said the next steps of the investigation will include looking at whether any warning signs were missed. He said the investigation is currently analyzing devices, text messages and social media posts connected to Card. “I’m no clinician and I don’t have access or privy to any mental health records that Mr. Card perhaps might have had. But that’s going to be something we’re going to look at. We’re going to debrief. We’re going to, you know, hopefully, even find a better way,” the chief said. “If there was some more warning signs that were given, how can we more effectively put those warnings out and what can we do in response to them to make sure that this never happens again?”Additionally, GMA asked St. Pierre about reports Card tried to buy a silencer for a firearm a few months ago. The chief said he did not know much about that branch of the investigation.
The chief of police in Lewiston, Maine said that investigators are beginning to investigate possible threats made by the suspected shooter before 18 people were killed at two businesses in the city last week.
“Mental health is a component of this by far, I’m quite certain of it,” Chief David St. Pierre told ABC’s Good Morning America.
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Robert Card was found dead on Friday after a widespread manhunt. He was wanted in connection with the deadly shootings on Wednesday at Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street and Just-In-Time Recreation on Mollison Way in the city of Lewiston. Another 13 people were injured.
St. Pierre said the next steps of the investigation will include looking at whether any warning signs were missed. He said the investigation is currently analyzing devices, text messages and social media posts connected to Card.
“I’m no clinician and I don’t have access or privy to any mental health records that Mr. Card perhaps might have had. But that’s going to be something we’re going to look at. We’re going to debrief. We’re going to, you know, hopefully, even find a better way,” the chief said. “If there was some more warning signs that were given, how can we more effectively put those warnings out and what can we do in response to them to make sure that this never happens again?”
Additionally, GMA asked St. Pierre about reports Card tried to buy a silencer for a firearm a few months ago. The chief said he did not know much about that branch of the investigation.