# Active Shooter incident in Lewiston, Maine 10/25/2023 (found dead, presumed suicide) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 26, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109 "2023-10-26T01:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/1 "2023-10-26T01:08:08Z")
Reports coming out that an active shooter situation is ongoing in Lewiston, ME. This is the 2nd most populous city in Maine. [Link to NBC news](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/active-shooter-incident-reported-lewiston-maine-live-updates-rcna122249) Apparently there has been a shooting at a bowling alley and restaurant. People are being told to shelter in place. Police aren’t sure if there is more than one shooter. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/2 "2023-10-26T01:09:39Z")
From what I’m seeing on the news, there have been shootings in multiple locations in different cities. They released a picture of a guy with a rifle who is a suspect, still at large. It wasn’t clear if it was one person or more than one. I’m seeing a report of 10 dead in one location. > **[10 dead in Maine as active shooter situation prompts shelter-in-place](https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/active-shooter-situation-lewiston-maine-shelter-in-place/45646009)** > > Lewiston residents are advised to stay inside and lock their doors as law enforcement agencies investigate two locations and look to identify a suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/3 "2023-10-26T01:14:35Z")
Yep, the Central Maine Medical Center is saying they are reacting to a “mass casualty event”. Looks like some type of semi-auto rifle in the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/4 "2023-10-26T01:15:22Z")
Here’s the picture that they are circulating. [![](https://i.ibb.co/61dFQhL/07-C59-FDB-F727-4892-8-CFC-E2-DDB9-FD006-E.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/61dFQhL/07-C59-FDB-F727-4892-8-CFC-E2-DDB9-FD006-E.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/5 "2023-10-26T01:26:00Z")
Well goddamn it. I’m very familiar with Lewiston. I worked in the warehouse for LL Bean for a few years up there before I moved west almost two years ago. I’m a bit rattled. Lewiston is such a small city, it’s a town, it’s a strip of fast food restaurants and suburbia. I don’t mind saying that I’m freaked out. I suppose I’ve been lucky to not have seen this sort of thing happen anywhere close to home before but I really don’t like what I’m going through right now. There’s a possibility I could know someone impacted by this, or at least that I know someone who knows someone - Lewiston is like that. There really isn’t much to go on with that photo - that guy looks like every other third guy in Maine. I hope this is all wrapped up soon and fuck, fuck, fuck, I’m sick of seeing these goddamned stories. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/6 "2023-10-26T01:39:20Z")
NBC News just confirmed 22 dead in three locations with 55 - 60 injured. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/7 "2023-10-26T01:47:07Z")
It is very bad. Reports are 3 locations. There should be a presser soon. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/8 "2023-10-26T02:01:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > fuck, fuck, fuck, I’m sick of seeing these goddamned stories. Word. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/9 "2023-10-26T02:07:16Z")
They have mentioned a distribution centre, bowling alley, and lounge. This info is from the mayor from the town across the river. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/10 "2023-10-26T02:11:59Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > They have mentioned a distribution centre, bowling alley, and lounge. Yeah, I’m pretty sure my early report about multiple cities was wrong. And I doubt it’s more than one person. But the guy who did this hit multiple locations in town. All it takes is one guy with a long gun for dozens of casualties. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/11 "2023-10-26T02:15:19Z")
It was confusing. The multiple city thing was the first thing I feared when they put up the map of Maine. They were showing where Augusta and Portland were for reference, so it looked like the shootings were in those cities. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/12 "2023-10-26T02:23:20Z")
Turns out my brother-in-law’s brother, who works in the same warehouse as I used to, is currently in lockdown. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/13 "2023-10-26T02:26:49Z")
I’m not sure how much I should float here, but I have it on good authority that they know who the shooter is, they’re at his house now, but he is still on the loose heading south (Maine law enforcement in the extended family). ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/14 "2023-10-26T02:28:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I hope this is all wrapped up soon and fuck, fuck, fuck, I’m sick of seeing these goddamned stories. Quite so. People just carrying out their lives in their town and out of nowhere… I know people in Maine not too distant from Lewiston. Close enough it would be plausible they’d be in town or they’d know someone affected. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/15 "2023-10-26T02:46:02Z")
They gotta get him. I see reports as well saying he’s identified. At first it seemed like multiple shooters. But only one in three locations, I suppose. Fuck this. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/16 "2023-10-26T02:47:15Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m not sure how much I should float here, but I have it on good authority that they know who the shooter is, they’re at his house now, but he is still on the loose heading south (Maine law enforcement in the extended family). I have seen posts online that when called with tips about who the shooter is people are being told he has been identified. They are only interested in tips about location. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/17 "2023-10-26T03:00:34Z")
They have put the presser on hold. The thought is they now know for whom they are looking, and they don’t want to tip him off as they search. Lewiston and auburn are on lockdown. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/18 "2023-10-26T03:05:52Z")
MSNBC just reported the name, Robert Card. That’s what had been floated all over Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/19 "2023-10-26T03:07:21Z")
One of the articles I’ve seen described the weapon as a “tactical rife”. Is that the new preferred term for “assault weapon” or “assault rifle”? And will it satisfy the gun nuts’ pedantic obsession with those terms? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109/20 "2023-10-26T03:17:33Z")
The guy is a trained arms instructor in the army reserves, so, goodie, the fuzz have an up hill battle in front of them. And I’m starting to have mini panic attacks because the guy is on the loose and moving south, and my sister and her family are south of Lewiston. Irrational, I know, but still. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-incident-in-lewiston-maine-10-25-2023-found-dead-presumed-suicide/992109.md?page=2)