Schemengees bar, Maine.Photo:CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The man who went on a shooting spree andkilled 18 in Maineon Wednesday had been on law enforcement’s radar for at least a month before the massacre last week, according to TheAssociated PressandCNN.
The alerts were sent out amonth before he carried out the largest mass shooting in the state’s history, flagging his “veiled threats," the outlet reported.
“We added extra patrols, we did that for about two weeks,” Jack Clements, the police chief in Saco, Maine, told The Associated Press. “The guy never showed up.”
Army Spokesman Bryce Dubee previously told PEOPLE that the suspect was a Petroleum Supply Specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Robert Card.Lewiston Maine Police Department/AFP via Getty Images
Lewiston Maine Police Department/AFP via Getty Images
The officer would also learn that the U.S. Army had flagged concerns from a soldier who said the reservist “is going to snap and commit a mass shooting,” CNN reported, citing documents filed in connection with the welfare check.
“[The shooter] was not a member of, nor had he ever served in the Maine National Guard,” they said in an emailed statement to CNN. “All inquiries about his service record should be directed to the US Army Reserve.”
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The Associated Presspreviously reported the suspect had recently been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this past summer.
According to the bulletin, the suspect had threatened to perpetrate a shooting at a military base in Saco, Maine. The bulletin also says the suspect had said he’d heard voices.
Eighteen people were killedand 13 were injured during the shootings, which took place at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley, and Schemengees Bar and Grille, about four miles away.
source: people.com
