LEWISTON, Maine — Survivors and family members of victims of the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston said Wednesday they are suing the Army, Department of Defense and a military hospital for allegedly failing to heed warning signs about Robert Card II before he carried out the deadliest rampage in Maine history.

The litigation had been expected after four law firms representing 100 clients served notices to the federal government last fall that gave the defendants several months to act on their claims related to the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting that left 18 dead and 13 injured at a Lewiston bowling alley and bar.

The lawsuit calls the Maine attack “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history” and mentions 12 other shootings by current or former military personnel.

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