The timing isn’t clear, but according to the letter, the soldier said he and Card were returning from a casino when Card punched him and said he planned to shoot up places, including an Army Reserve drill center in Saco, Maine.
The report included a letter written by an unidentified member of Card’s Reserve unit who described the July incidents as well as getting a call the “night before last” from another soldier about Card. Card’s car was there and the deputy said he could hear him moving around the trailer, but no one answered the door, according to the deputy’s report. The same deputy and another one returned to Card’s trailer on Sept. It included a warning that he was known to be “armed and dangerous” and that officers should use extreme caution. The sheriff’s office then sent out a statewide alert seeking help locating Card. The deputy went to Card’s trailer but couldn’t find him.
Card’s unit requested it after a soldier said he was afraid Card was “going to snap and commit a mass shooting” because he was hearing voices again, according to documents released by the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. 15, a deputy was sent to visit Card’s home in Bowdoin, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Lewiston, for a wellness check.
