October 26, 2023 10:58 AM UTC

18 Dead, 13 Injured in Yet Another Mass Shooting

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• by: Colorado Pols

Residents in the Northeastern United States are reeling today after a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a nearby bar in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday evening. From The New York Times:

Hundreds of police officers from local, state and federal agencies were hunting on Thursday for a gunman in Maine who is suspected of killing 18 people and injuring 13 others in a crowded bowling alley and at a bar in Lewiston.

The manhunt, in a largely rural state with many potential hiding places, locked down entire towns and the campus of Bates College as the authorities searched for Robert R. Card, 40, of Bowdoin. Residents were told to shelter in place for safety and not to approach Mr. Card under any circumstances.

“This is a dark day for Maine,” Gov. Janet Mills said at a news conference.

As of this writing, authorities are still searching for Robert Russell Card II, who is reportedly a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve.

It makes us sick to have to keep talking about gun violence in America, but we’re never going to find real solutions to the problem unless we keep acknowledging it at every step. According to the Times, this is the 8th mass shooting in the United States in 2023:

This is also another terrible warning that gun violence can strike anywhere. The entire state of Maine only averages about 18 homicides in a year.

Guns kill people. Full stop.