Mass shooter's family identifies missed warning signs before massacre left 18 dead, vows to raise awareness

One twelvemonth aft Army reservist Robert Card fatally changeable 18 group and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, his family members are moving to bring consciousness to traumatic encephalon injuries.

Card, a firearms and manus grenade instructor, had documented intelligence wellness problems earlier he opened fire connected a bowling alley and a barroom and grill utilizing a Ruger SFAR connected Oct. 25, 2023. Authorities located him 2 days later pinch a self-inflicted gunshot coiled to nan head.

"We want to make judge this doesn't ever, ever hap again to different family." Nicole Herling, Card's sister, told NBC News successful an question and reply published Tuesday.

Herling and her hubby James person spoken publically astir their family's efforts to emblem Card's intelligence unwellness anterior to nan massacre, which was Maine's deadliest wide shooting.

MAINE SHOOTING: ROBERT CARD'S NOTE TO LOVED ONES AND FINAL MOVEMENTS REVEALED

Members of nan independent committee investigating nan rule enforcement consequence to nan wide shooting successful Lewiston, Maine, perceive arsenic Nicole Herling, bottommost left, sister of shooter Robert Card, testifies connected Thursday, May 16, 2024, successful Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Family members tried to telephone a veterans' situation hotline, arsenic good arsenic Card's military base, to get help.

A period earlier nan massacre, section rule enforcement moreover responded to Card's residence aft receiving reports from his family, but officers did not make contact, according to NBC.

A chap Army reservist moreover told his superiors connected Sept. 15 that he thought Card was "going to threat and do a wide shooting," according to grounds from Card's family during a proceeding earlier Maine's legislature successful May arsenic portion of an independent investigation into nan wide shooting.

TEXTS, LETTERS FROM MAINE MASSACRE SUSPECT'S ARMY COLLEAGUES WARNED HE THREATENED 'SHOOTING UP PLACES'

James Herling pauses his grounds while recalling nan infinitesimal he realized nan shooter was his brother-in-law, Robert Card, while testifying connected Thursday, May 16, 2024 successful Augusta, Maine, during a proceeding of nan independent committee investigating nan rule enforcement consequence to nan wide shooting successful Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Researchers studied Card's encephalon aft nan shooting and wished that he had terrible traumatic encephalon injuries.

His family said during nan May proceeding that researchers told them it was "one of nan worst" cases of traumatic encephalon injuries they had seen, pinch Card perchance being exposed to thousands of explosions complete nan people of his profession arsenic a hand-grenade instructor, according to NBC.

MAINE MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CARD FOUND DEAD WITH APPARENT SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND

In this image taken from New York State Police assemblage camera video that was obtained by WMTW-TV 8 successful Portland, Maine, New York State Police question and reply Army reservist Robert Card, nan man responsible for Maine's deadliest wide shooting, astatine Camp Smith successful Cortlandt, New York, connected July 16, 2023. (WMTW-TV 8/New York State Police via AP, File)

The Herlings are moving connected starting a nonprofit organization, called Rising Over Brokenness, to amended nan nationalist connected nan dangers of encephalon injuries.

"We had recognized that we needed to thief different families, particularly erstwhile we realized that Robbie's encephalon had been compromised," James Herling told NBC anchor Lester Holt.

MAINE POLICE AUDIO DESCRIBES FRANTIC MASS SHOOTING RESPONSE: 'MULTIPLE VICTIMS'

Rain-soaked memorials for those who died successful a wide shooting beryllium on nan roadside by Schemengees Bar & Grille connected Oct. 30, 2023 successful Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

The Herlings person besides listed nan names of each 18 victims of nan shooting connected nan walls of their home. They besides person each 18 names lining their spot pinch bluish hearts, according to NBC.

"I don't ever want to talk astir Robbie without acknowledging nan symptom that he's caused to different people," Nicole Herling said.

MAINE AUTHORITIES THOUGHT CONFRONTING ROBERT CARD WOULD INFLAME SITUATION IN WEEKS BEFORE SHOOTING: VIDEO

Crime segment portion still surrounds Schemengees Bar & Grille, Oct. 29, 2023 successful Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) successful August announced a Warfighter Brain Health Initiative that will attraction connected "identifying and implementing champion practices to beforehand wide encephalon wellness and countering traumatic encephalon injury, including efforts to mitigate blast overpressure risks for work members."

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On Oct. 15, nan families of 100 survivors and victims of nan Oct. 25, 2023 wide shooting served a ineligible announcement expressing their intent to writer nan DOD, Army and Keller Army Community Hospital for "negligence successful failing to respond to informing signs and an definitive threat to perpetrate a wide shooting, from Army Reserve Sergeant Robert Card," according to lawyer Travis Brennan.