Manhunt underway after gunman kills 18 in Maine

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Our correspondents are on the ground in Lewiston, Maine where a manhunt is underway for a mass shooter. That CNN crew heard loud bangs near the last known address of the Maine mass shooting suspect. Also, Israel Defense Forces tanks raid Gaza as Israel prepares for “next stages of combat.” Plus, a Hamas delegation reportedly visited Moscow as Russian state media claims Hamas has discussed hostages with Russian officials. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Lead Object App, or I'm standing on a rooftop looking out over Tel Aviv, Israel.
0:10.6	It is midnight here in Israel and down there in Gaza.
0:14.5	It has been 19 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas caught this country.
0:20.6	And frankly, much of the world by surprise, we're going to bring you the very latest on this
0:24.6	war.
0:25.6	But first, we have to turn to our breaking news back in the US.
0:28.7	This moment ago, a CNN crew on the ground in Maine, where that manhunt is underway for
0:33.7	the mass shooter, that CNN crew heard loud bangs or explosions perhaps, near the last
0:40.0	known address of the main mass shooting suspect.
0:43.2	Our team heard someone shout FBI through a bullhorn and unmarked cars pulled up before
0:48.8	the media was pushed back away from the scene.
0:52.3	A manhunt has been ongoing all day for the individual, for the suspect accused of taking
0:57.2	the lives of at least 18 people and wounding at least 13 others in the mass shooting at two
1:02.2	different locations in Lewiston, Maine, a bar in Grille, and a nearby bowling alley where
1:06.8	one man says he only survived by sliding down the bowling aisle into the pins and climbing
1:13.1	up into the bowling machine.
1:15.7	The suspect's car was later found in the town of Lisbon, Maine.
1:19.1	Without him in it, communities in Maine are in on lockdown.
1:22.4	As multiple agencies, law enforcement agencies search for the suspect, the individuals
1:27.4	considered armed and dangerous.
1:29.6	He's a firearms instructor.
1:30.6	He's a member of the US Army Reserve, sources tell CNN that he was at the Camp Smith training
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