The mass shooting in Lewiston

Many dead in a shooting in the United States - the perpetrator is being chased by several hundred police officers 

At least 22 people have been killed in a mass shooting in at least two places in Lewiston in the state of Maine in the United States, CNN reports, citing the city's sheriff and a member of the council.  

According to NBC's police sources, 15-22 people have been killed. A further 50–60 people are said to have been injured.  

 

The city's roughly 37,000 residents have been told to lock their doors and stay indoors as hundreds of police across the state hunt a gunman who shot dead people inside a bowling alley and a restaurant.  

 

The police are looking for a 40-year-old man named Robert Card, who, according to a Facebook post from the local police, is "of interest to the investigation" and should be considered "armed and dangerous". He is a trained weapons instructor and has previously threatened to attack a base belonging to the National Guard in the city of Saco, writes the local newspaper Sun Journal. This summer he spent two weeks in a clinic that treats mental illness.  

 

The first alarms came shortly after 19:00 local time, 01:00 Swedish time.  

 

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The horror when the shooter went on the attack: "A nightmare" 

Staff at the Lewiston restaurant where a man opened fire Wednesday night are shaken after the mass shooting.  

 

- It was a fun evening where we played cornhole (popular game). This is the last thing you would expect. It still feels like all of this is a nightmare, says co-owner Kathy Lebel to the local Sun Journal newspaper.  

 

Resident Anne Kinney says she was picking up a prescription at a pharmacy when an announcement over the public address system announced that there was an active shooter situation and that all doors were to be locked. After police arrived at the scene, she returned home safely, but says she still feels "very shaken"·  

 

A woman in the city tells P1 morning that in the United States you always hear that it is not a question of if, but when a mass shooting can happen.  

 

- I didn't realize until tonight how true it is.  

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Johan, 32, lives near the crime: "Received an alarm to lock" 

Swede Johan Bergström, 32, lives a few kilometers from last night's mass shooting in the American city of Lewiston in Maine. 

 

- We received an alarm that the doors were to be locked, he says to Aftonbladet.  

 

He says that there has been a large police presence in the area with helicopters and sirens.  

 

At least 22 people are said to have been killed in the mass shooting which occurred just before 7pm local time. 50 to 60 people are injured. The crime must have taken place in a bowling alley, inside a restaurant and possibly in more places, writes TT. 

 

The police are hunting a suspected perpetrator and have released a picture of 40-year-old Robert Card. He is described as "of interest to the investigation" and is to be considered "armed and dangerous", according to the police.