A mother who survived thedeadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday shared how she shielded her 11-year-old daughter from gunfire at a bowling alley,ABC Newsreports.
Riley Dumont told ABC News that her father, a retired police officer who was with her at the time, put “tables and a big bench that the kids were hiding behind” to protect them from the bullets, adding, “I was laying on top of my daughter.”
“My mother was laying on top of me,” Dumont recalled. “It felt like it lasted a lifetime. I just remember people sobbing and crying.”
Law enforcement vehicles are parked on the Lisbon High School gymnasium as an active search for the shooter is underway following a mass shooting.CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
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CNN, citing law enforcement sources, reports there have been 16 fatalities, whileFox NewsandABC News, also citing law enforcement sources, have also reported at least 15 fatalities. In addition to the fatalities, dozens of people have been injured, CNN reports.
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The Lewiston Police Department posted onFacebookthat they are searching for 40-year-old Robert Card, calling him a “person of interest” in the shootings and saying he’s considered “armed and dangerous.”
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The department said Schemengees Bar and Grille and Sparetime Recreation — the bowling alley — were the two locations of the shootings.
Citing a state police bulletin,The Associated Pressreported that the person of interest received military training as a firearms instructor and spent two weeks in a mental health facility this past summer.
The bulletin said the person of interest claimed to hear voices and made threats to carry out a shooting at a military base in Saco, Maine.
“If people see him, they should not approach Card or make contact with him in any way,” Sauschuck said during Wednesday’s press conference.
source: people.com
