LEWISTON, Maine — Some loved ones of the victims in Maine's deadliest mass shooting said that Card being found dead has given them relief, but they will still seek accountability.

Alicia Lachance, whose daughter, Tricia Asselin, worked part-time at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, one of two targeted locations, said she had "no mercy" for Card.

She said that based on the reports that he suffered from serious mental health issues and continued to own a firearm, there remain outstanding questions.

"Everyone that died and lost their life because of the negligence along the way, their families should be able to get some form of justice," Lachance said. Card "should have been properly treated, and something was lacking."

Leroy Walker, whose son, Joseph "Joey" Walker, was a manager at Schemengees Bar and Grille and died in the shooting there, said with Card's death, "I have no real closure."

"I sure was hoping they would find him alive," Walker said. "Although there will be a lot of closure for the people searching for him and the people living in the areas."

Ralph Brewer, whose brother, Peyton Brewer-Ross, was killed at Schemengees, added that he is "thankful for the tireless effort by local, state and federal law enforcement to bring this chapter to a close. Maine can begin the healing process in earnest now."

A news conference will be held at 10 p.m. ET at Lewiston City Hall.

The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that Card had been found dead.

A former Army reservist suspected of killing 18 people in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead, four senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News.

Robert Card, 40, Card was found between Lewiston and Bowdoin, Maine, in a wooded area, the officials said.

Card is alleged to have opened fire at Schemengees Bar and Grille and the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley Wednesday evening in Lewiston, a city of around 37,000.

Eighteen people were killed, authorities said.

The development comes after a massive manhunt described by Maine’s public safety commissioner as a “full court press” to find him.

An arrest warrant had been issued for Card for eight counts of murder, Maine State Police said Thursday morning. The eight counts had been based on the identification of eight of the 18 dead, state police Col. William Ross.

LEWISTON, Maine — Hunting will be prohibited in four towns in Maine beginning Saturday: Lewiston, Lisbon, Bowdoin and Monmouth.

This ban will take place until further notice as state police continue their search suspect Robert Card. It comes just as the state was about to begin deer hunting season, and as Monday is the start of the firearms season.

Mike Sauschuck, the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Public Safety, emphasized that hunting is prohibited in “those four towns and those four towns only.”

“That means that they’re going to be communities that hear gunshots going on and on. Because they are going to be hunting. So we would ask everybody to use caution in that and not think that every one of those gunshots is directly regarding this particular crisis situation,” he said.

Sauschuck said that if a resident is concerned, they can call their local agencies, but also asked that residents to think about where they are located and when they heard the shots.

“If they’re 150 miles north, do they need to call their 911 center and create a response? And I think I’d say no to that unless they have another set of facts, a fact pattern that would lead them there’s a direct connection between that gunfire and what they’ve heard to this point.”

Lifelong Lewiston resident Annette Roy told NBC News earlier this afternoon that Card should turn himself in.

“We’ve had enough blood in Lewiston. Don’t be number 19,” she said.

Roy, whose husband is a hunter, added: “Tomorrow is hunting season. So if [Card is] out in the woods, those people that hunt deer, it is deer season, and they’re going to be looking for [him].”

Authorities today left open the possibility the suspect in Wednesday night's mass shooting could have fled the area in a boat or vehicle.

Fielding questions Friday, Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck said that because the suspect hadn't been seen in two days, and tips have not been fruitful, it was entirely possible the suspect could have fled by boat on the Androscoggin River or by using another vehicle.

A Subaru associated with the suspect was found apparently abandoned Wednesday night near the river's Paper Mills Trail and Miller Park Boat Launch in Lisbon, authorities said previously.

Three law enforcement sources said the suspect's trail has gone cold. And Sauschuck said none of the 530 tips relayed to authorities working on the case have provided viable leads so far.

"All possibilities are open to us," he said in response to a question about the chances of the suspect getting away in a boat or vehicle. "We continue to work those things."

Sauschuck said additional resources from in and out of the state would descend on the river tomorrow. The waterway had already been searched by air, and sonar was used to probe its depths, the public safety commissioner said.

Sauschuck said he did not know how many weapons Card has or had.

Two senior law enforcement officials said they were also looking into whether the suspect had a Barretta semiautomatic handgun. If so, such a gun has not been recovered, they said.

LISBON, Maine — Hundreds of law enforcement officers on Friday again descended on southern Maine in search of an Army reservist suspected of massacring 18 people this week in the close-knit city of Lewiston.

It is highly unusual for a winding manhunt to follow a mass shooting in the U.S., according to Joseph Giacalone, a retired New York Police Department sergeant and now an adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

“These shootings usually end at the scene, whether the person ends their own life or they wait for law enforcement to do it for them,” Giacalone said.

The dayslong search for Card bucks U.S. law enforcement’s long track record of capturing or killing mass shooters either on the spot or after a brief pursuit.

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A timeline for the police response to the Wednesday evening attack, which took place at two locations in Lewiston, was released today.

Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck went over the timeline during an early evening news conference in which he praised first responders for being swift.

6:56 p.m.: Local authorities field the initial 911 call of a shooting at Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley.

6:57 p.m.: The state Department of Public Safety got a separate report of a shooting at that venue.

6:58 p.m.: By this time the first officers would have been on-scene, Sauschuck indicated. His statement wasn't more assured because these were four Lewiston Police Department plainclothes officers working without radios. They were at a gun range nearby when they heard gunfire and rushed to the scene, he said. By the time any officers arrived, however, the gunman was gone, Sauschuck said.

6:58 or 6:59 p.m.: By this time a wave of police was arriving, he said, and roughly a dozen officers were at the bowling alley.

7:00 p.m.: The first uniformed officers arrive.

7:08 p.m.: The first state troopers arrive.

7:08 p.m.: Local authorities receive the first report of gunfire at Schemengees Bar and Grille, about four miles away.

7:10 p.m.: State police receive their own report about the second shooting.

7:13 p.m.: State police and local officers arrive at the venue. The suspect is gone.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills said close ties in the state have meant many people had connections to the 18 people killed in Wednesday's shooting.

“It is often said that our state is ‘one big, small town’ because Maine is such a close-knit community," she said in a written statement today.

She noted that she lost a friend, Josh Seal, "who Maine people fondly remember from his service as an ASL interpreter during our COVID-19 briefings.”

She also expressed sorrow for the death of the youngest victim, 14-year-old Aaron Young, and urged Maine residents to share stories and learn about the victims, and celebrate their lives.

"My heart continues to go out to those who are recovering from their injuries, and we remain committed to seeking justice for all those impacted by this unspeakable tragedy," she said in the statement.

LEWISTON, Maine — A man who played in the cornhole league at Schemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston said shooting suspect Card was a regular participant in the game last winter and appeared to get along with others, making his alleged rampage there all the more perplexing.

"He seemed happy-go-lucky when he's here to play," said the man, who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing manhunt.

With no obvious motive for Card to allegedly open fire at the bar, the man added that Wednesday was a packed league night, and Card would have likely realized that: "I think he was out to make havoc."

The man said the cornhole scores were still up on a board when the sounds of gunfire — "pop, pop, pop" — broke out. Someone had cut the electricity to the establishment, and the man said he could see a green light emanating from the gunman who appeared "tactically trained" as he fired into the panicked bar.

Card's family has said he was suffering from an "acute" mental health episode for months. But the man said that when he had known Card, he didn't exhibit any warning signs: "I would have been the first guy in line to say if something wasn't right with him."