16 people dead and suspect at large after shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine, authorities say | CNN
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Authorities in Maine are investigating two active shooter events and a suspect remains at large, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said

Live news. I’m seeing at least 22 dead via NBC. Here’s a feed from ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting/?id=104322983

Edit: There were reports of 3 locations and there is a shelter in place directive, but some places are only reporting two: Sparetime Recreation (bowling alley, first calls) and Schemengees Bar and Grille (restaurant, later calls). There is speculation that maybe a Wallmart distribution Center was the third? These locations are about 3 minutes from eachother.

CNN suggests they don’t have the shooter’s Subaru because police are asking for people to call in if they’ve seen it.

  • Chris Remington@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Woke up to this news, here in Maine, and they’ve closed down most of our school districts while the manhunt is under way. I’m locked and loaded at my house.

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    1 year ago

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    “We are encouraging all businesses to lock down and or close while we investigate,” the sheriff’s office said earlier Wednesday evening.

    The sheriff’s office released images of a “suspect for identification.” The person was seen holding a high-powered assault-style rifle.

    The Sun Journal newspaper reported law enforcement responded to Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley on Mollison Way and Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street.

    Officials in the nearby city of Auburn, Maine, also “strongly urged” residents to shelter in place due to the ongoing active shooter situation, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter.

    The FBI has offered personnel and resources to local authorities, a spokesperson from the bureau’s Boston field office told CNN.

    I will to continue to monitor the situation and remain in close contact with public safety officials,” the governor said on Facebook.

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      • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM
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        1 year ago

        initial reports weren’t all that far off (22 dead vs 18, 3 locations vs 2) but yes most of this is because there’s not that much to report other than sheer number of fatalities and the fatalism people have toward mass shootings in this country. there are only so many novel things you can say when we have a minimum of one or two double-digit death toll mass shootings a year.