A Maine sergeant from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office is making a bid for sheriff as a Republican candidate, challenging the current Democratic Sheriff Joel Merry. The sergeant, Aaron Skolfield, has come under scrutiny following a report by a commission investigating events leading up to a tragic mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
The commission's report highlighted a call that Skolfield responded to, where a man named Robert Card was reported to be experiencing a mental health crisis. The commission found that Skolfield missed opportunities to initiate the state's “yellow flag” process, which could have potentially prevented the mass shooting carried out by Card, resulting in the loss of 18 lives at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston.
