Welcome to Meet the Press. Now I'm Kristen Welker. We begin this hour with the urgent

search for the suspect considered armed and dangerous after one of the deadliest mass

shootings in modern American history. Please say 18 people were killed and more than a dozen

others injured when a gunman opened fire last night inside a bowling alley in nearby

bar in Lewiston, Maine. These are surveillance images of the suspect 40-year-old Robert

Card. Please say he opened fire just before 7 p.m. inside the bowling alley. One man

who was also inside described the chaos when the shots rang out.

Over inside and just no one might have bowling. I didn't know where he just came in and

there was a loud pop. That was a balloon. I had my back turned to the door and as soon

as I turned and saw it was not a balloon. He was holding a weapon. I just booked it down

the lane and I slid. I slid into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and

was on top of the machines for about 10 minutes until the cops got there.

Now about 10 minutes later police say card opened fire inside a bar about four miles

away. Law enforcement provided an update on their investigation earlier today. Take

a listen.

Large law enforcement response from multiple surrounding agencies assisted the Lewis

and police department in trying to identify who this individual was and what was happening.

You can imagine this was a very fast-paced fast-moving, very fluid scene, very dangerous

scene that these guys and girls are going into.

Authorities say card is an army reservist and was a trained firearms instructor. According

to a law enforcement bulletin card was committed to a mental health facility for two weeks

this summer and he'd quote recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices

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