The brother-in-law of the Army reservist responsible for a mass shooting in Maine has voiced the family's struggle to get him help as his mental health deteriorated.
The brother-in-law of an Army reservist responsible for killing 18 people in Maine tearfully apologized for the deadly rampage on Thursday, and described how the family’s efforts to get him help were repeatedly frustrated. Hearing public testimony from shooter Robert Card’s family for the first time, an independent commission investigating the mass shooting in Lewiston opened with James Herling.
An Army reservist with a history of mental health troubles committed the deadliest shooting in Maine history, opening fire with an assault rifle inside a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston in October. The commission has been meeting for months, hearing from police, victims and their families, and Army reservists who served with Card.
Relatives had warned police that Card had grown paranoid and that they were concerned about his access to guns. Other reservists also witnessed his mental health deterioration, to the point that he was hospitalized for two weeks during training last summer. One of the reservists, Sean Hodgson, told superiors on Sept. 15: 'I believe he’s going to snap and do a mass shooting.
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