Army reservist who responded to Maine’s mass shooting says poor communication hurt the response

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist who served with the Maine mass shooter and participated in the search for him after the shootings described the response to the Lewiston shooting as chaotic and hampered by poor communication. Robert Card, who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year, had evidence of traumatic brain injuries, according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers from Boston University. The revelations about Card’s brain injuries became public just as a special commission investigating the killings held a public hearing with Card’s former Army colleagues on Thursday. One, Matthew Noyes, said direction in the field was lacking during the search for Card.