At least 18 people are dead, four are critically injured, and at least 60 others are injured after shootings at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine.
Residents have also voted down some attempts to tighten gun laws in Maine. A proposal to require background checks for gun sales failed in a 2016 public vote.Although a final death toll has yet to be reported, at least 18 people were killed, this is already the most fatalities this year for a mass shooting event.Both Connecticut and New Hampshire said their state police departments are on alert and monitoring the manhunt for the person of interest in the Lewiston shooting.
"There’s a lot of different snippets here and there, and you try to put them all together. My mind just goes to a massive scene of confusion and chaos," he said on NBC's"TODAY" this morning. A police officer noted that a handful of people were still waiting at a nearby middle school, which has been set up as a family reunification center. Twelve hours after the shooting, many are still waiting to learn the state of their loved ones.WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden left a state dinner with the prime minister of Australia last night to call Gov. Janet Mills, Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, and Rep.
LEWISTON, Maine — In a town where most everyone knows most everyone else, Mar Mcenerey says it's unfathomable that anyone would commit such a horrible act of violence. “I feel sad, like I’m probably getting ready to cry. ... I want to know who, where, when. Why, like, why would he do this?” Mcenery said. “Like why in Lewiston, Maine? ...