Warnings About Maine Shooting Suspect Revealed as Lewiston Vigil Honors Victims

Community memebers sign 'I love you' as Kevin Bohlin, a member of the deaf community, delivers remarks in American Sign Language in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News Collaborative

Maine authorities received a warning about Robert Card potentially committing a mass shooting weeks prior to the tragic rampage that took 18 lives, according to recent reports.

The Maine National Guard sought the assistance of local law enforcement to conduct a welfare check on Card, an army reservist, following threats he made against his US army base, a mere six weeks before the mass shooting occurred on Wednesday, as stated by a law enforcement source, as reported by CNN.

Around mid-September, a statewide alert was issued to keep an eye out for Card, but law enforcement's attempts to locate him were unsuccessful. A fellow guardsman expressed concerns that Card might "snap and commit a mass shooting," leading to Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry sending out an awareness alert to all law enforcement agencies in the state.