Chief Medical Examiner Reveals Lewiston Mass Shooter’s “Post-Mortem Interval May Be Compromised”
Maine’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Mark Flomenbaum has revealed Lewiston mass shooter Robert Card’s cause of death was “determined to be gunshot wound of head and manner of death is suicide.”
In a brief statement on Friday afternoon Dr. Flomenbaum stated “Mr. Card had ‘empty heart sign’ from the trauma of the gunshot wound and the interpretation of post-mortem interval may be compromised.”
Post-mortem interval is the time that passes since an individual’s death.
Flomenbaum shared it was difficult to pinpoint the exact moment Card died due to the severity of his wound and his massive blood loss.
The Medical Examiner’s Office did disclose that there’s far more studies being conducted and added “Final reports will not be available for several months due to toxicology and other studies being conducted.”
The gunman who killed 18 people in Lewiston,
