Police in N.B. monitoring manhunt in Maine following mass shooting
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Hundreds of police officers have fanned across the state of Maine, following shootings at a bar and bowling alley in the town of Lewiston on Wednesday evening.
Police in New Brunswick say they’re monitoring the manhunt across the U.S. border in Maine, as police there search for a suspect in connection to a mass shooting.
Hundreds of police officers have fanned across the state of Maine, following shootings at a bar and bowling alley in the town of Lewiston on Wednesday evening.
News outlets have reported a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded.
State and local police have identified Robert R. Card, 40, as a person of interest in the case. Officials have released photographs of a a bearded man in a brown hoodie and jeans at one of the crime scenes, holding what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle.
Thursday morning, New Brunswick RCMP said they were “aware of the situation in Maine” and were monitoring it “in collaboration with our law enforcement partners.”
Lewiston, ME is located about three-and-a-half hours from either the St. Stephen or Woodstock borders in New Brunswick.
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