Army Reserve punishes officers for dereliction of duty related to Maine shooting

An Army Reserve investigation found there were "multiple communication failures" about warning signs in the months before Army reservist Robert Card committed the worst mass shooting in Maine's history, in Lewiston, last October. 

The investigation into the shooting and into Card's suicide said the failures were with Card's chain of command and with the military and civilian hospitals which treated him for mental health concerns a few months before the shooting. Despite Card exhibiting "homicidal ideations" and speaking of a "hit list," he was discharged from the hospital with a "very low risk" of harm to himself or others in August 2023. 

The Army Reserve has administratively punished three officers in Card's chain of command for "dereliction of duty."