While the suspect has not yet been named, the Lewiston Police Department identified 40-year-old Robert R. Card, of Bowdoin, Maine, as a person of interest Wednesday(25) night.

Card, is reported to be a firearm instructor and has military experiences. Its largely known that once a person is considered mentally ill and hear voices, the access to keep and bear a firearm is legally compromised.

The main stream news and local police report, the shooter is at large, considered armed and dengeous:

"Law Enforcement is attempting to locate Robert Card, as a person of interest regarding the mass shooting at Schemengees Bar and Sparetime Recreation this evening," Lewiston police announced in a Facebook post. "Card should be considered armed and dangerous. Please contact law enforcement if you are aware of his whereabouts."

Update October 28th: Card was found dead by dumpster near a recycling plant in Lisbon, Maine with an apparent "self-inflicted" gunshot wound to head.

He was recently fired from his job at the recycling center. Authorities had "found a note at Card’s home indicating that he planned to take his own life before police found him."