Maine's Congressional Delegation Calls for Army Investigation into Lewiston Mass Shooting

The delegation seeks a deeper inquiry into how reservist Robert Card, who had been in a psychiatric hospital, was able to amass weapons and commit the deadliest shooting in the state's history.

Maine's congressional delegation has called for the Army to investigate the events leading up to the October mass shooting in Lewiston, the deadliest in the state's history, by one of its reservists, Robert Card.
Card, who had spent two weeks in a psychiatric hospital and was amassing weapons at the same time, killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant before his body was found two days later with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The delegation's call for an independent investigation came after a meeting with a survivor and family members of victims of the shootings, who went to Capitol Hill to call for the Department of the Army Inspector General to find answers about how Card was able to own guns and commit the shootings.
Card's access to military weapons had been restricted after he left the psychiatric hospital, and Republican Sen. Susan Collins has said either New York’s red flag law or Maine’s yellow flag law could have been implemented to remove weapons from Card after the Army took action to restrict him.
An independent Maine commission is also investigating the shooting, and it has requested subpoena power to question the Army.