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March 8, 2024

Autopsy Shows Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shooter May Have Suffered from Traumatic Brain Injury
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An autopsy report reveals tissue samples from the brain of an Army
reservist who killed 18 people during a mass shooting at a Lewiston,
Maine, bowling alley and bar last October showed signs of traumatic
brain injury. Robert Card was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted
gunshot two days later. The 40-year-old worked at an Army hand grenade
training range and is thought to have been exposed to "thousands of
low-level blasts." The findings came as a commission investigating the
mass shooting is hearing testimony from several of Card's former Army
colleagues. Leading up to the shooting, Maine police had been alerted
the gunman was a possible danger after he threatened to "shoot up" his
military base.


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