2023-10-26 04:54:55
At least 22 people died and about 60 were injured in shootings at a bar, a bowling alley and a distribution center of a supermarket chain located in the city of Lewiston, in the United States.
“There is a shooter in the city of Lewiston,” the Maine state police, located in the north of the country, said on Facebook, while their colleagues in Androscoggin County, who released photos showing a man armed with a semi-automatic rifleconfirmed that the suspect “remains at large.”
In parallel, the authorities asked the population on social networks to seek refuge and warned that it was an “active situation.”
“The police are trying to locate Robert Card (4/4/1983), as a person of interest regarding the mass shooting at Schemengees bar and Sparetime Recreation tonight. Card should be considered armed and dangerous. Please contact law enforcement if you know of her whereabouts,” Maine Police posted.
Lewiston City Councilman Robert McCarthy indicated that authorities “have confirmed 22 deaths, (and) many, many more injuries.”
Janet Mills, Maine’s governor, said she was “aware and informed of a shooting in Lewiston.”
Citing several law enforcement sources, CNN reported that at least 50 or 60 people were injured in the incident, but it was not clear how many of them were injured by gunfire.
Maine Congressman Jared Golden wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that “like all Maine citizens,” he was “horrified by the events in Lewiston tonight.”
“Currently, we are all waiting for local police to take control of the situation and gather information. We are devastated for those who were affected,” he said.
Full of firearms, The United States has recorded more than 500 mass shootings this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nongovernmental organization that defines a mass shooting as four or more people injured or killed.
Efforts to tighten gun control in that country have clashed for years with opposition from Republicans, staunch defenders of the constitutional right to bear arms.
The political paralysis remains despite widespread outrage over the recurring shootings.
Biden speaks with the governor of Maine and offers her support in the face of the shooting in Lewiston
The president of United States, Joe Biden spoke with the governor of MaineJanet Mills, to offer the support of the federal government in the face of the shooting that occurred this Wednesday in the city of Lewiston.
According to the White House, Biden also spoke with the senators for that state Angus King and Susan Collins, as well as with Congressman Jaren Golden, and to all of them he offered the “total federal support” of his Administration “in the mourning of this horrible attack.” “.
With information from agencies.
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