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topicnews · October 25, 2024

Live Updates – NBC Boston

Live Updates – NBC Boston

What you should know

  • Eighteen people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting on October 25, 2003, at a bowling alley and cornhole tournament hosted by a bar and grill in Lewiston, Maine
  • The shooter, 40-year-old Army reservist Robert Card, died by suicide and his body was found two days later
  • The shooter’s family and other Army reservists reported that he was suffering from a nervous breakdown
  • After the shooting, the state legislature passed new gun laws that strengthened the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalized the transfer of guns to prohibited persons and expanded funding for mental health crisis care
  • The city will mark the grim anniversary on Friday with a series of events, including a memorial service and a minute’s silence at the time of the shootings

It’s been a year since the deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, that left 18 people dead and dozens more injured.

The Oct. 25, 2023, shootings occurred at a bowling alley and a cornhole tournament hosted by a bar and grill. The shooter, 40-year-old Army reservist Robert Card, died by suicide and his body was found two days later.

Lewiston will mark the anniversary in ways big and small on Friday, including a memorial service at 6 p.m. at the city’s hockey arena, where there will be moments of silence at the time of the shooting.

Follow us below as we bring you updates from Lewiston on Friday’s somber anniversary: