Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shooting Anniversary: ​​Live Updates – NECN

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