Police were searching for the man who opened fire at two locations.
At least 16 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in shootings in the US city of Lewiston, Maine, law enforcement officials said.The officials were not authorised to publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Lewiston Police confirmed in a Facebook post that Card was a person of interest in the shooting and said he should be considered armed and dangerous. The alert for Lewiston was made shortly after 8pm local time as the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office reported that law enforcement agencies were investigating “two active shooter events”.“We are encouraging all businesses to lock down and or close while we investigate,” the sheriff’s office reported.
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