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Maine mass shootings: Police scour Lewiston for suspect Hundreds of police on Thursday fanned out across Maine looking for a gunman wanted for opening fire at a bar and a bowling alley in the city of Lewiston, with news outlets reporting a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded. Officials said there were multiple casualties in the Wednesday evening attack but declined to provide figures. Police told residents to stay indoors and schools across the area were closed on Thursday. State and local police identified Robert R. Card, who reportedly had been committed to a mental health facility over the summer, as a person of interest in the case. They circulated photographs of a bearded man in a brown hoodie and jeans at one of the crime scenes, holding what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle in the firing position. read more