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The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo and agency

Gunman who killed 18 in Maine shooting had brain injury, study shows

Rain soaked memorials for the victims of a mass shooting
Memorials for those who died sit along the roadside by Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, Maine, on 30 October 2023. Photograph: Matt York/AP

Robert Card, an army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year, had evidence of traumatic brain injuries, according to researchers who analyzed his brain tissue.

There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, inflammation and small blood vessel injury, according to Dr Ann McKee of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) center.

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