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<\/div>\nBody of Robert Card was found in woods about eight miles from Lewiston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The suspect in a mass shooting in the US state of Maine has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, US media reported Friday, after an intense manhunt that lasted more than two days. Confirmed details were not immediately known, but authorities in Maine called a news conference for 10 pm (0200 GMT).<\/p>\n
CNN reported that the body of Robert Card, 40, the subject of a massive manhunt following a rampage<\/a> two days earlier that left 18 people dead, was found in woods about eight miles from Lewiston.<\/p>\n The network said Card’s body was discovered near a recycling center, from which he had recently been fired.<\/p>\n CNN and ABC cited sources saying Card had been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n Card is accused of carrying out the country’s deadliest mass shooting of the year on Wednesday night. In addition to the fatalities, another 13 people were wounded in the bloodshed.<\/p>\n Authorities on Friday identified the victims<\/a>, ranging from a husband and wife in their 70s, to a 14-year-old boy killed alongside his father.<\/p>\n The shooting — and Card’s fugitive status — brought dread to this hard-scrabble city in southern Maine.<\/p>\n Earlier Friday, authorities said they were chasing down more than 530 tips and leads on Card’s possible whereabouts.<\/p>\n