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Hundreds of police in the US state of Maine hunted Thursday for a fugitive gunman who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar, as President Joe Biden mourned "yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting."
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The rampage in the small northeastern town of Lewiston also left 13 people wounded, three critically, in the deadliest shooting this year in America.
A wide area around Lewiston was locked down during the tense search as authorities erected roadblocks, ordered schools and businesses closed, and told residents to stay indoors.
Governor Janet Mills said the suspect was "considered armed and dangerous, and police advise that Maine people should not approach him under any circumstances."
"This attack strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear," Mills told a press conference. "This is a dark day for Maine."
Police named the suspect as 40-year-old Robert Card -- seen in surveillance footage pointing a semi-automatic rifle as he walked into the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley.
Joseph Walker, a manager at the Schemengees Bar & Grille, was among those killed, his father Leroy Walker told NBC News.
Walker said his family was "suffering and dying in a nightmare we don't understand.
"We were up all night. We didn't know where to go, who to turn to," he said.
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News outlets broadcast footage of people fleeing in terror from the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley after the shooting started Wednesday evening.
One survivor told television reporters that he was 15 feet (5 meters) from the gunman when he opened fire. He thought at first it was a balloon popping.
"And as soon as I turned and saw it was not a balloon and he was holding a weapon, I just booked it down the lane and I slid basically into where the pins are and climbed up into the machine and was on top of the machines for about 10 minutes until the cops got there," he said.
Card is a member of the US Army Reserve, according to law enforcement, and reportedly had recently been sent for psychiatric treatment after he said he was hearing voices.
Hundreds of police in military-style camouflage gear and FBI agents flooded the search zone in what Lewiston police chief David St. Pierre called "an all-hands-on-deck approach."
"We continue to work tirelessly in bringing the situation to an end," he told reporters, vowing "to locate and hold the person accountable."
Biden called Maine's governor to offer federal support, and ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff at the White House and all government buildings.
"Once again, our nation is in mourning after yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting," he said.
Biden added that the gun violence that plagues the United States "is not normal, and we cannot accept it," urging lawmakers to pass a bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Police and rescuers reportedly arrived at the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley at about 7:15 pm in response to an active shooter, and then received reports of another shooting at the Schemengees Bar Bar & Grille.
In surveillance images of Card at the bowling alley, he appeared calm and composed as he moved through the doorway with his rifle raised.
Officers located a "vehicle of interest" -- a white sport utility vehicle -- in Lisbon, a town around eight miles (12 kilometers) from Lewiston.
The shooting is one of the deadliest in the US since 2017, when a gunman opened fire on a crowded music festival in Las Vegas, killing 60 people.
Mass shootings are alarmingly common in the United States, a country with more guns than people, and attempts to clamp down on their spread are always met with stiff resistance.
Efforts to tighten gun controls routinely run up against opposition from Republicans, staunch defenders of the constitutional right to bear arms.
The political paralysis endures despite widespread outrage over recurring shootings.