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After three days of lockdown, fear and grief, residents of Lewiston and Lisbon prepare to move forward as manhunt ends

Lewiston, Maine, transitioned into a time of healing and questioning the day after an Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar, killing 18 people, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot

In the bitter and politically fraught gun ownership debate in the US, distinctions are often lost, leaving some frustrated

Families of victims also informed about death of man suspected to have carried out deadly mass shooting

The news was confirmed by Maine governor Janet Mills at a press conference late on Friday night

The suspect is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to help keep American people safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people

A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass shootings stayed one step ahead of police who rushed to the bowling alley and a bar but were too late to stop him from killing 18 people and slipping away into the night in his Subaru

Seven people died Wednesday night at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley. Eight more died at Schemengees Bar and Grille. The other three people killed died later at hospitals.

Gunman was subject of days-long manhunt after 18 people were killed and 13 wounded in attack