{"id":149475,"date":"2023-11-08T08:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149475"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:59:09","slug":"maines-senators-call-for-investigation-of-u-s-armys-interaction-with-maine-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149475","title":{"rendered":"Maine’s senators call for investigation of U.S. Army’s interaction with Maine shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maine’s two senators are calling on the U.S. Army to provide an account of the interactions between members of the Army and Robert Card. His fellow soldiers raised the alarm about him, with one of their text messages stating that Card was going to snap and do a mass shooting. His apparent mental state during one of his military training periods resulted in his being hospitalized for two weeks. The above photo is not that of Card.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fellow soldiers expressed concerns about Card’s mental health before the Oct. 25 shootings. One of them sent a text message in September saying, “I believe he’s going to snap and do a mass shooting,” according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The senators view their federal request as working in tandem with an independent commission that Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is convening to explore the facts related to the shooting, including the police response.<\/p>\n

“As we continue to grieve the needless loss of life that day, we must work to fully understand what happened — and what could have been done differently that might have prevented this tragedy — on the local, state, and federal levels,” the senators wrote.<\/p>\n

The senators posed several questions including under what circumstances the Army reports personnel to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and when the Army seeks to invoke state laws to temporarily remove firearms from a soldier’s possession.<\/p>\n

An Army spokesperson confirmed that the letter was received and that the inspector general will “work towards getting a response.” The spokesperson had no further comment.<\/p>\n

Concerns over Card’s mental health during military training led to a 14-day hospitalization at the Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in Katonah, New York, last summer. The worries continued after Card returned home to Maine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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