A gunman who shot dead 18 people in the US state of Maine has been identified as a US Army Reserve petroleum supply specialist.
Robert Card, who is still on the run, has over two decades of service and no prior overseas deployments, the army confirmed. Maine police intensified their search on Thursday for the 40-year-old US Army reservist, following a deadly shooting incident that resulted in 18 deaths and 13 injuries at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston the previous night. Card, holding the rank of sergeant 1st class, enlisted in December 2002, according to army officials.
' Card, who had reportedly been under mental health care earlier in the summer, was taken by police for evaluation after acting erratically at West Point in July, according to a US official. Authorities circulated photographs of a bearded man in a brown hoodie and jeans at one of the crime scenes, brandishing what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle in a firing position.
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