‘At least 22 killed’ in Lewiston shooting – with Maine police hunting for suspect Robert Card

At least 22 people are said to have been killed after a shooting in the US state of Maine, with the suspect – a firearms instructor – still at large.

Authorities in Lewiston are investigating “two active shooter events” and warned people to stay inside.

A police source told NBC News at least 22 people are dead and as many as 50-60 injured – which would make it the deadliest shooting in the US this year.

Police released CCTV of a man with a rifle in a bowling alley and said they were looking for “armed and dangerous” Robert Card.

They said he had been a firearms instructor at an army reserve centre and had recently been committed to a mental health facility after hearing voices.

Central Maine Medical Center referred to a “mass casualty, mass shooter event”, but didn’t give precise numbers.

Police said the shootings happened about 7pm on Wednesday evening at Schemengees Bar and Grille and Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley.

They posted a picture of a white Subaru they wanted to trace, but it was later found in the nearby town of Lisbon.

President Biden has been briefed and has spoken to the state governor to offer full federal support, the White House said.

Lewiston is a city of about 35,000 people in the far northeast of the US.

Maine has one of the lowest per capita murder rates in America, with state police recording only 29 homicides in 2022.

Before Wednesday’s incident, the deadliest US mass shooting of 2023 was in Monterey Park, California, where 11 people were murdered during a Chinese New Year event.

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