Army ‘downplayed’ concerns over Lewiston shooter, deputy says [Video]

Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Aaron Skolfield said Card’s fellow Army reservists did not inform them about the warnings that Card was threatening a mass shooting until more than 24 hours after those soldiers heard of the red flags.

Card’s friend and fellow reservist, Staff Sgt. Sean Hodgson, texted his superior officers, Cpl. Kelvin Mote and Capt. Jeremy Reamer, who both work full time as police officers, that he was worried Card was going to “snap and do a mass shooting.” Mote and Reamer testified they received those messages about 36 hours prior to contacting the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office to perform a welfare check on Card, who lived in Bowdoin.

Mote works for the City of Ellsworth Police Department. His co-worker, Detective Corey Bagley, …