Law enforcement officers carry rifles near an emergency department entrance at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, on Thursday. This week’s mass shooting in Lewiston left 18 people dead.
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This week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was the nation’s deadliest of the year. Eighteen people were killed in the attacks on a local bowling alley and bar, and 13 others were injured.
The suspect, Robert Card, 40, is still at large, after he allegedly opened fire at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar & Grille.
The Maine Medical Examiner’s office confirmed on Friday that it has identified all 18 victims, saying the youngest was 14 years old and the oldest was 76.
Law enforcement officers have yet to publicly identify the 18 people killed in Wednesday’s shooting, but that hasn’t stopped some families from publicly sharing the news they’ve been given — taking to social media to update their friends and neighbors of an unimaginable reality now settling in.
This story will continue to be updated as information becomes available, but here is what we know so far:
Michael Deslauriers Jr.
Michael Deslauriers Jr. was killed at the bowling alley while trying to rush the gunman, according to a Facebook post shared by his father, who goes by the same name. “I have the hardest news for a father to ever have to share,” he wrote in the post.
Jason Walker
Jason Walker, a close friend of Deslauriers Jr., was also killed at the bowling alley, according to the same Facebook post. “They made sure their wives and several young children were under cover then they charged the…
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