They identified the 18 victims of the massacre in Maine, perpetrated by Robert Card: who were they?

The US authorities revealed this Friday the identities of the 18 victims of the massacre in Maine, executed by Robert Card, a 40-year-old retired military man who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for two weeks and who was found dead after two days of intense work. search. Among them, a father and his teenage son, a married couple and four deaf people appear.

The man entered a bowling alley (10) and a restaurant (8) with a military rifle on Wednesday in Lewiston, and killed two women and 16 men, aged between 14 and 76. He fled the scene and, for two days, security agents were searching for him near the Androscoggin River, where he abandoned his vehicle.

Mike Sauschuck, commissioner of the Maine Department of Public Safety, announced the names of the deceased during a press conference, in which he also released photos of the victims, previously approved by their families, reported the Efe news agency.

One of the victims in the Maine massacre is Joshua A. Seal, 36, years old. He was a very popular sign language interpreter in the community because during the covid pandemic he was in charge, among other things, of interpreting information from the press conferences of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In addition to Seal, his group of deaf people included Stephen M. Vozzella, 45; Bryan MacFarlane, 40, and Billy Brackett, 48. Also killed were Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40, father of a two-year-old daughter; Arthur Fred Strout, 42, father of five; Maxx Hathaway, 35, and Ronald G. Morin, 55.

The eighth victim identified is Joseph Walker, 57, manager of the Schemengees Bar and Grille restaurant. This man, Efe reports, took a knife and went after the shooter to try to stop him.

The youngest deceased, 14 years old, was identified as Aaron Young, and his father, William A. Young, lost his life at the scene. There, a children’s bowling tournament was being held, so initially there was fear that the victims were children.

Tommy Conrad, 34, manager of the bowling alley; and Tricia Asselin, 53 years old and a worker at the store, is on the list. Regarding Asselin, it was learned that she had the night off, but she decided to go to the place to play with her sister, who managed to escape from her. When Robert Card shot the employee, she tried to call 911, according to witnesses to the massacre.

Another of the deceased identified is Michael Deslauriers II, 51 years old. The retired military officer also murdered Robert E. Violette, 76, a bowling instructor who was teaching children how to play, and his wife Lucille M. Violette, 73.

Jason Adam Walker, 51; William Frank Brackett, 48, and Keith D. Macneir, 64, are the others of the 10 people killed at the bowling alley.

Robert Card used an AR-15 rifle, a powerful semi-automatic weapon of war, Efe indicated.

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