Ill never give up on you: Lewiston shooters friends knew he needed help [Video]

AUGUSTA — His family had to remove his guns, he had to take medication, and a friend was going to move in with him. Those were the conditions Robert Card was supposed to meet in order to be released from a psychiatric hospital in August, a fellow Army Reserve member told the commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting.

“Out of those three things, I don’t think any of them happened,” Staff Sgt. Daryl Reed said Thursday, the six-month anniversary of the massacre that left 18 people dead, 13 wounded, and the rest of the stunned state wondering how it could happen.

What exactly occurred at the New York hospital and why Card was allowed to leave after his involuntary two-week stint remains largely unanswered questions in a story that has slowly but surely been coming to light, one public hearing at a time.

Some Reserve members have told the commissionthat they were surprised and confused when …