Friend's Warning About Maine Shooter Weeks Before Massacre

Robert Card's best friend, Sean Hodgson, had warned their boss about Card's potential for a mass shooting six weeks before the deadly attack, citing Card's increasing anger and paranoia. Despite Card's documented mental decline and warnings from relatives, authorities did not heed Hodgson's plea to change the gate passcode and arm themselves if Card showed up. Card killed 18 people at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston before taking his own life, leaving Hodgson struggling to accept his friend's actions and resenting that Card will not face consequences for the massacre.