Robert Card Suicide Note: What We Know

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Robert Card, the suspect in the deadly mass shooting at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, reportedly left a suicide note to his son.

Card, 40, a U.S. Army reservist assigned to a training facility in Saco, Maine, killed at least 18 people and wounded 13 others after opening fire with an assault-style weapon at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and the Schemengees Bar and Grille restaurant. He fled after the shootings, sparking a massive police search.

He's still considered at large and is "armed and dangerous," as hundreds of Maine State Police officers, with the help of the the FBI, U.S. Marshals, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are currently looking to locate him as of early Friday.

The presence of a possible suicide note has only been reported by ABC News so far, who said police have informed them about it. The note was reportedly found in Card's home on Thursday afternoon.

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Robert Card, the suspect in the deadly mass shootings at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, reportedly left a suicide note to his son. Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office/Lewiston Maine Police Department Facebook/Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office/Lewiston Maine Police Department

Currently, not much is known about the content of the note, which law enforcement sources told ABC News that it does not provide information that indicates a motive for the mass shooting.

"Rather it does include some rantings, those were not further described to us, and some mundane information like bank accounts numbers and things perhaps that Robert Card's son could find useful should his father not be there," ABC News reporter Aaron Katersky said Thursday night.

The police search for Card is now in its second day, with Lewiston residents still asked to stay inside to avoid any possible dangerous contact with the suspect. Card's family is cooperating with law enforcement in the search, according to reports.

His sister told investigators that Card might have been looking for an ex-girlfriend in the two shooting locations, sources told ABC News. Card was previously married, but his ex-wife filed for divorce in 2007. The two had shared custody of their child, who was then a minor, according to court documents cited by the news agency.

In 2013, the two were given shared parental rights over the child, who then lived primarily with his mother.

According to a press release by the Maine State Police, Card is a trained firearm instructor. In addition, he had reported suffering from suspected mental health issues over the summer, including hearing voices and threatening to shoot up the National Guard Base in Saco. It's unclear what he was treated for.

Newsweek reached out to Maine State Police's Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer via email for comment.

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Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics. Giulia joined Newsweek in 2022 from CGTN Europe and had previously worked at the European Central Bank. She is a graduate in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University and holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. She speaks English, Italian, and a little French and Spanish. You can get in touch with Giulia by emailing: g.carbonaro@newsweek.com.

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