Eighteen people died in the mass shooting that took place in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here is what has been reported on them to date, through interviews with friends and family or as described in obituaries.
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Faith leaders and an American Sign Language interpreter will lead the hour-long event, which will begin at 10 a.m.
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The Armed Forces Crisis intervention Notification Act would require U.S. military services to use state crisis intervention programs - like Maine's 'yellow flag law' - and to fully participate in judicial proceedings by sharing information and relevant evidence.
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Describing their actions as a "colossal failure of judgement," Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Friday sharply criticized a Sagadahoc County Sheriff's deputy and Army Reserve commanders for not doing more to stop the gunman responsible for the Lewiston mass shootings last year.
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The information appears in a report containing notes from two Homeland Security investigators on their attempts to get security camera footage at several locations in the town of Lisbon from Oct. 25, 2023, the day of the shooting. The investigators were looking for footage from Capital Avenue in Lisbon before and after the shooting.
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David Lebel died unexpectedly Tuesday, according to his wife, Kathy, who opened Schemengees with her husband in 1999 and later relocated the business from the former R.I. Mitchell building downtown to 551 Lincoln St. by the Androscoggin River. Lebel, who is also survived by a son and was previously diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, was 57 years old.
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A group whose family members have been affected by severe mental illness say the Lewiston shooting commission's report doesn't focus enough on mental health programs to prevent mass shootings.
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After hearing from dozens of witnesses in public and private meetings and reviewing hundreds of pages of documents, the independent commission investigating the mass shootings in Lewiston last October has concluded its work.
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An analysis released earlier this year suggested that the gunman in last October's mass shooting in Lewiston had traumatic brain injuries that could have been caused by repeated exposures to blast shockwaves as part of his Army Reserve service.
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It took two days and five searches of a property in Lisbon, Maine, before police finally found the shooter’s body – despite repeated tips that it was his most likely hiding spot.
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The attorneys said investigations by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Inspector General are too narrow and raise conflicting conclusions.