The commission claims law enforcement failed to act on the state's unique 'yellow flag' law
Law enforcement had probable cause to take gunman Robert Card into custody a month prior to the devastating mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, an independent commission claims.The Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston, which probed the circumstances that led up to the Oct. 25 mass murder, claims law enforcement had all the information necessary to act but failed to do so.
"The Commission is unanimous in finding that in September 2023, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office (hereinafter SCSO) had sufficient probable cause to take Robert Card Jr. into protective custody under Maine’s Yellow Flag law and to remove his firearms and that the SCSO had probable cause to believe that Mr. Card posed a likelihood of serious harm."
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Maine sheriff had probable cause to detain Maine gunman before mass shooting, independent report claims
U.S. Army and law enforcement officials had probable cause necessary to take the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting perpetrator into custody before he committed the heinous crime.
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