Maine officials revealed that mass shooting suspect Robert Card’s body was discovered in a trailer located in an overflow lot at a recycling center.
The update came in a press briefing held Saturday morning.
Card was found dead two days after gunning down 18 people in Lewiston. The discovery allowed Maine residents to “breathe a collective sigh of relief,” Sen. Susan Collins said Friday.
“Tonight, Mainers can breathe a collective sigh of relief thanks to the brave first responders who worked night and day to find this killer,” the Republican said in a statement, according to the Sun-Journal.
“When President Biden called me this evening to tell me the perpetrator of the heinous attacks in Lewiston had been found, we both expressed our profound appreciation for the courage and determination of these brave men and women,” she added.
“I want to also thank Gov. Mills for her steadfast leadership, the health care workers who cared for the victims, the city officials who have worked tirelessly, and the people of Maine who came together in the wake of this attack.”
Media reports earlier — combined with social media posts by victims’ relatives — had identified 16 of the people who have died in the shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille, plus two who were wounded:
This live blog has ended.
Robert Card’s body was found alongside two firearms, and he appeared to be wearing the “same sweatshirt” he had on in the surveillance photo from the Wednesday night shooting, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said at a press conference Saturday morning. His exact time of death has not been determined. Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card had an “employment relationship” with the Maine Recycling Center where he was found Friday night, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said at a press conference Saturday morning. Sauschuck declined to elaborate on whether Card was previously or currently employed by the business.Robert Card was found with two firearms, wearing ‘same sweatshirt’ from shooting
By Olivia Land 
Robert Card had ‘employment relationship’ with location body was found
By Olivia Land 
Lewiston shooting suspect Robert Card was first identified by family members, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said at a press conference Saturday morning.
Members of Card’s family were among the first to alert police when they saw the initial surveillance photo of the suspect Wednesday night, Sauschuck told reporters.
“Our investigation would have been detrimental if they did not come forward immediately,” he said.
“They should be acknowledged in that.
“As a whole, we’ve found them very cooperative.”
Katie O’Neill, Card’s sister-in-law, previously told The Post that the family was “heartbroken” by Card’s alleged actions.
Lewiston shooting suspect Robert Card left behind a “paper-style” note “to a loved one” that included his phone passcode and bank account numbers, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said Saturday.
While the missive was not an “explicit” suicide note, “the tone and tenor was that the individual was not going to be around when the note was found,” Sauschuck added.
Authorities are currently working on accessing Card's phone through a search warrant, the commissioner explained.
Maine authorities have received “about 820 tips and leads” related to the mass shooting in Lewiston Wednesday night, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said Saturday.
Over 100 of those tips came from the digital tip line, Sauschuck explained.
The body of Lewiston shooting suspect Robert Card was found in a trailer in an overflow parking lot at the Maine Recycling Corporation in Lisbon at 7:45 p.m Friday, Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said Saturday.
The location has previously been cleared twice by law enforcement, Saushuck said.
“Nobody had any idea that across the street there was an overflow parking lot,” he explained.
Maine officials will address the public at Lewiston City Hall at 10 a.m. Saturday regarding the death of Lewiston shooting suspect Robert Card and the ongoing investigation, the Maine State Police announced.
Card, 40, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound late Friday following a two-day manhunt that shut down most of the surrounding area.
The family of Tricia Asselin, one of the 18 victims gunned down during Robert Card's mass shooting rampage in Maine, said there are "so many questions left unanswered" after the shooter was found dead on Friday.
Tammy Asselin was at Just-in-Time Recreation with her 10-year-old daughter, Toni, and cousin Tricia, on Wednesday night when Robert Card opened fire in the bowling alley.
"It is relieving so that the community itself can definitely move on without the fear of him out there, but it is also sad because we have so many questions left unanswered," Asselin told CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
Tammy Asselin was at the bowling alley Wednesday night, separated from her 10-year-old daughter during the mayhem. Both survived, but her cousin Tricia was killed. And the grace she showed in this moment for his family was incredibly powerful. pic.twitter.com/F3IXVef2V4
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 28, 2023
Card was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the Maine Recycling plant in Lisbon.
"I know it does give my daughter some peace to know that he's been caught because that was a fear of her's that he's still out there," Asselin said.
"It's sad, all around the whole thing is sad, this family has lost, it's just unnatural.
Asselin also said it's will be difficult for her to return to normal, but it will be important for her to do so.
Robert Card’s ex-wife and teenage son were in hiding as the manhunt for Maine mass killer continued Friday — before he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Army reservist Card, 40, is the father of an 18-year-old son, Colby, from his marriage in 2005 to Cara Lamb.
Their union ended in divorce two years later, according to court records obtained by The Post.
Lamb, 39, and her son were understood to be laying low while her ex-husband remained on the loose, wanted over Wednesday’s gun rampage in Lewiston, Maine, which left 18 dead and at least 13 injured.
Lamb was not at her listed address on Friday and a neighbor said he hadn’t seen her. She declined to comment when contacted by phone.
President Joe Biden is "grateful" communities in Maine are safe after killer Robert Card was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"Once again, an American community and American families have been devastated by gun violence," Biden said in a statement released late Friday evening. "In all, at least eighteen souls brutally slain, more injured, some critically, and scores of family and friends praying and experiencing trauma no one ever wants to imagine."
"Numerous brave law enforcement officers have worked around the clock to find this suspect and prevent the loss of more innocent life – all while risking their own. They are the best of us."
"Tonight we’re grateful that Lewiston and surrounding communities are safe after spending excruciating days hiding in their homes."
Biden ended his statement by calling for GOP members of Congress to "fulfill their obligation" to protect Americans.
"Americans should not have to live like this. I once again call on Republicans in Congress to fulfill their obligation to keep the American people safe."
"Until that day comes, I will continue to do everything in my power to end this gun violence epidemic. The Lewiston community – and all Americans – deserve nothing less."
Robert Card, the suspected Maine mass shooter who killed 18 people on Wednesday, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck.
The gunman's body was found at 7:45 p.m. near a river in Lisbon Falls, Maine on Friday after a massive manhunt.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills opened Friday's press conference by thanking the "hundreds" of enforcement that helped tracked down suspected Maine mass shooter Robert Card, who was found dead late Friday night.
"I'm breathing a sigh a relief knowing that Robert Card is no longer a threat to anyone," Mills said. "Now is a time to heal."
"We will heal together," Mills said. "Robert Card is dead."
