Maine mass shooting suspect, who killed 18 people in US' state, found dead

The suspect in the mass killing of 18 people and wounding 13 in Lewiston city in the US state of Maine was found dead on Friday, after around 48 hours of the lethal shooting rampage that shook the entire country.

According to US news broadcast ABC News, an unnamed law enforcement source confirmed that suspect Rober Card was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the Associated Press, a note was found at a house in connection with the suspect which was addressed to his son. The official said that it is a sucide not, however, it didn't provide any specific motive for the shooting.

On Wednesday night, Card, a military reservist in the US Army, opened fire inside a bowling alley and then went to a nearby bar to fatally shoot 18 people.

The recent mass killing in Maine's second-largest city is the 36th such incident that took place in the United States this year, according to data collated jointly by the Associated Press, USA Today in association with the Northwestern University.

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