As police continue their manhunt for Robert Card, the suspected shooter who killed at least 16 people Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, witnesses are beginning to share their terrifying stories.
Meghan Hutchinson and her 10-year-old daughter Zoe Levesque were just two of several people at a local bowling alley when Card allegedly walked in and began shooting.
Zoe, who was grazed by a bullet as she tried to escape, was one of a handful of children who were injured.
The shooting occurred around 7 p.m., right in the middle of a youth bowling league.
As gunshots rang out, children and their guardians scattered.
“She was grazed by a bullet while we were running,” Hutchinson told ABC. “We were in the back room. Another child came in whose arm had a massive — was bleeding profusely. So we barricaded in there and another parent was in the room with me. She had a phone and she called 911.”
Riley Dumont, who was bowling in the league and whose father is a retired police officer, said her father immediately jumped into action.
“Next thing I know, he was just taking the group that we were in and just corralling us in the corner,” she said. “He put tables over us and just made sure we were safe. He just kind of went into action at that point. It felt like it lasted forever.”
After the mass shooting Zoe spoke out about her experience.
“It’s just like, shocking,” the 10-year-old said.
“I never thought I’d grow up and get a bullet in my leg,” she said. “Like, why do people do this? I was more worried about, like, am I going to live and going to make it out of here? Like, what’s going to happen? Are the cops going to come?”
As of 10:30 a.m. October 26, the search continues for Robert Card.
When will this stop? Haven’t we seen enough people die in order for us to take some kind of meaningful action?
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