Authorities in Maine said Saturday that the body of the suspect in Wednesday’s mass shooting in Lewiston, 40-year old Robert Card, was found inside a trailer close to a recycling center Friday evening.
A self-inflicted gunshot wound was the apparent cause of his death after a two-day manhunt prompted by the latest U.S. mass shooting — at a bowling alley and bar — that left 18 people dead and 13 wounded.
Maine Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said nearby trailers had previously been cleared twice by police teams before another state police team responding to concerns by the site’s owner had found Card’s body alongside two guns inside a trailer in an overspill car park.
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