Officers are chasing up greater than 500 suggestions and leads they’ve acquired as they hunt for the suspected gunman who killed 18 individuals in a mass capturing within the US state of Maine.
Maine commissioner of public security, Michael Sauschuck, mentioned the information and leads “vary greatly” and officers had been working
around the clock via them.
He added specialist divers, sonar gear and air sources would even be introduced within the hunt to search out the suspected gunman.
The divers will probably be in search of proof and “checking for potential bodies”, Mr Sauschuck mentioned.
“We have a lot of other irons in the fire, so I’m not saying that we know the suspect is in the water,” he added.
The suspect, Robert Card, 40, is believed to have killed seven individuals at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, and an additional eight individuals at Schemengees Bar and Grille.
Three extra individuals died after being taken to native hospitals.
Wednesday night time’s assault was the deadliest mass capturing within the US this yr.
Among the useless are a father and son, a volunteer bowling coach and a supervisor on the bar, which the suspect is reported to have visited earlier than.
Armed police and a helicopter surrounded a house in Bowdoin, close to Lewiston, for greater than two hours final night time and executed a search warrant earlier than leaving.
Officials have put town of Lewiston, residence to round 38,000 individuals, in lockdown and urged residents there and within the close by cities of Auburn, Bowdoin, and Lisbon, to “shelter in place”.
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