Current:Home > StocksMaine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online-LoTradeCoin
Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online
View Date:2024-12-24 09:46:44
Maine State Police documents released Tuesday shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations.
Robert Card, 40, was found dead Friday, two days after a rampage that also wounded 13 people and shut down multiple communities during a massive search on land and water.
Three hours after the shooting began, state police interviewed a woman who said Card believed the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, Schemengees Bar and Grille and several other businesses were “broadcasting online that Robert was a pedophile.”
The woman said Card had been delusional since February after a break-up, had been hospitalized for mental illness and prescribed medication that he stopped taking, according to a police affidavit filed in support of an arrest warrant request.
Police also spoke to Robert’s brother, who said Card had been in relationship with someone he met at a cornhole competition at the bar. Another man said the same thing to a different officer, according to an affidavit filed in a request to access Card’s cell phone records.
That man told police he had been to both the bowling alley and bar with Card, and that Card knew people at both locations. He said Card’s girlfriend had two daughters that he would take out to eat at Schemengees, “and that is where the pedophile thing in Robert’s head came from as Robert was there with (his girfriend’s) two daughters on occasions and felt that people were looking at him.”
The man said Card also mentioned bar manager Joey Walker was one of the people who Card thought had disparaged him. Walker was among those killed.
Card’s son also told police that paranoia about strangers calling him a pedophile had become a recurring theme for his father since last winter.
He also accused fellow members of his Army reserve unit of calling him a pedophile in an incident in July that prompted Army officials to have him undergo a mental health evaluation. He then spent two weeks at a private psychiatric hospital in New York.
veryGood! (82)
Related
- Kraft Heinz stops serving school-designed Lunchables because of low demand
- Here's what happened today at the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations
- See Elon Musk Play With His and Grimes’ Son X AE A-XII in Rare Photos
- Blue bonds: A market solution to the climate crisis?
- Get $103 Worth of Tatcha Skincare for $43.98 + 70% Off Flash Deals on Elemis, Josie Maran & More
- Cheryl Burke Shares Message on Starting Over After Retirement and Divorce
- 'One Mississippi...' How Lightning Shapes The Climate
- As hurricanes put Puerto Rico's government to the test, neighbors keep each other fed
- Michigan soldier’s daughter finally took a long look at his 250 WWII letters
- Mystery American Idol Contestant Who Dropped Out of 2023 Competition Revealed
Ranking
- West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
- A Twilight TV Series Is Reportedly in the Works
- Low-income countries want more money for climate damage. They're unlikely to get it.
- Climate change likely helped cause deadly Pakistan floods, scientists find
- Sister Wives’ Madison Brush Details Why She Went “No Contact” With Dad Kody Brown
- Canadian military to help clean up Fiona's devastation
- Survivor’s Ricard Foyé and Husband Andy Foyé Break Up After 7 Years Together
- Democrats' total control over Oregon politics could end with the race for governor
Recommendation
-
New York eyes reviving congestion pricing toll before Trump takes office
-
Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don't most forecasts mention it?
-
Kate Spade 24-Hour Flash Deal: Get This $330 Backpack for Just $83
-
'One Mississippi...' How Lightning Shapes The Climate
-
Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods
-
Biden is in Puerto Rico to see what the island needs to recover
-
Attention, #BookTok, Jessica Chastain Clarifies Her Comment on “Not Doing” Evelyn Hugo Movie
-
Working With Tribes To Co-Steward National Parks