LEWISTON, Maine — Many communities in Maine have issued a shelter-in-place order and announced school closings as law enforcement agencies from across the region continue to search for a man wanted in connection with mass shootings at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston on Wednesday night.
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Law enforcement officials said late Wednesday that they are looking for 40-year-old Robert Card in shootings at Just-In-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille that left 18 people dead and dozens of others injured.
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In a tweet around 6 a.m. Wednesday, Maine State Police said, “We are expanding the shelter-in-place advisory and school closings to include the town of Bowdoin. Please stay inside your homes while more than 100 local and federal investigators work to locate Robert Card, a person of interest in the Lewiston shootings.”
The following communities are sheltering in place:
- Bowdoin
- Lisbon
- Lewiston
- Androscoggin County
- Northern Sagadahoc County
Dozens of public school districts are closed across Maine, according to WGME-TV:
ACTON SCHOOLS: Closed
Andover Elementary School: Closed
AUBURN SCHOOLS: Closed Thursday
AUGUSTA SCHOOLS: Closed
BIDDEFORD SCHOOLS: Closed
BRUNSWICK SCHOOLS: Closed
Dayton School Department: Closed
Fayette Central School: Closed
Fiddlehead Charter School of Arts and Sciences- Gray: Closed
GORHAM SCHOOLS: Closed
Gray-New Gloucester Adult Education: Closed
LEWISTON SCHOOLS: Closed Thursday
Mackworth Island: Closed
Maine Arts Academy: Closed
PORTLAND SCHOOLS: Closed
Rangeley Lakes Regional School: Closed
Region 10 Technical High School: Closed
Saco Schools: Closed
SANFORD SCHOOLS: Closed
SCARBOROUGH SCHOOLS: Closed
Sebago School Department: Closed
SOUTH PORTLAND SCHOOLS: Closed
Thornton Academy: Closed
Vassalboro Community School: Closed
WELLS-OGUNQUIT CSD: Closed
West Bath School: Closed
WESTBROOK SCHOOLS: Closed
Winslow Public Schools: Closed
Winthrop Public Schools: Closed Thursday
YARMOUTH SCHOOLS: Closed
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Central Maine Community College: Closed
UMA at Lewiston: Closed
University of Maine - Augusta: Closed
University of Southern Maine: Lewiston Campus will be closed
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