was on a drastic decline – signals which his immediate family members knew about, were concerned by – and explicitly warned law enforcement that something needed to be done, according to documents obtained by ABC News via records requests.
A member of the Trauma Services team helps clean up the Schemengees Bar, where one of two mass shootings took place on Oct. 29, 2023 in Lewiston, Maine.In all caps at the top of that report, a notice to patrol advises to “USE CAUTION IF RESPONDING” to Card’s residence due to his “PARANOID BEHAVIOR” and that he has “10-15 FIREARMS” in his house and/or truck.
That paranoia and anger would be turned towards his own family, recounting that in April he had visited his father and Card “became very angry, accusing him of saying things about him behind his back,” “Cara also told me that Robert had recently picked up 10-15 handguns/rifles that had previously been stored at his brother Ryan Card's house. said the majority of the guns are locked up in Robert's bedroom but added he may have one in his truck. denied that Robert has done anything threatening with the guns, but is concerned that his father has them.”
Card’s ex-wife and son “both don't want Robert to know they are bringing this information forward to law enforcement, for fear it will aggravate the situation,” Carleton’s May report said – that for the time being they were “simply going to try and avoid contact” and that “everyone agreed” the “best avenue of getting Robert some help” might be to contact Card’s command in the Army Reserves.
“First Sgt. Mote said he had no idea the problem is perhaps as bad as is now describing. He thanked me for the notification because they are scheduled for an upcoming training exercise involving crew served weapons and grenades,” Carleton wrote in the May incident report.According to sheriff’s department incident reports Card’s concerns over being labeled a pedophile boiled over this summer.
Documents from the sheriff’s office show in early September the Army Reserve requested a health and welfare check for Card, after a reserve soldier expressed concern that Card was going to commit a mass shooting.The soldier says he was in the car with Card when Card started talking about shooting up places and punched him.