Police had cause to take Maine mass killer’s guns before attack – report

New York State police interview Army reservist Robert Card, the man responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, in July 2023, months before his deadly attack (WMTW-TV 8/New York State Police via AP)

An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in the US state of Maine issued an interim report on Friday that has found that a sheriff’s office had cause to take the killer into custody and take his guns from him beforehand.

Democratic Governor Janet Mills and attorney general Aaron Frey assembled the commission to review both the events leading up to October 25, when army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a bar, and the response to the tragedy.