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  • Maine mass shooting suspect found dead, sources say

    10/27/2023 6:09:20 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 209 replies
    NBC10 ^ | 10-27-23 | Staff Reports
    The man suspected in Wednesday's massacre that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead, sources told the NBC10 Boston Investigators Friday night. Robert Card was the subject of a dayslong manhunt that followed mass shootings at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille. The update comes after days of angst as an armed and dangerous man was unaccounted for after 18 people were killed and 13 injured.
  • A family called 911 for son’s mental health crisis. They say deputies beat and Tased him to death

    09/22/2020 12:53:42 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 22 replies
    L A Times ^ | 09/22/22020 | By Alene Tchekmedyian | Staff Writer
    Blanca Briceno ... called the police one day in March to help her son, who was in the midst of a mental health crisis. But by the end, he’d been beaten and Tasered to death. At one point, she said, deputies grabbed her phone when she tried to film what was happening. [C]coroner’s officials concluded that Briceno, 39, died of cardiopulmonary arrest, resulting from neck compression and restraint with a Taser. The death was ruled a homicide, although the designation doesn’t mean it was intentional or a crime. The Briceno family last month filed a wrongful death claim, precursor to...