The Many Missed Warnings Before Maine’s Mass Shooting

<p>The mass shooting in Maine last week, which killed 18 people, was the country’s deadliest of the year. It may have also been one of the most avoidable.</p><p>More than five months earlier, the Army Reserve and a Maine sheriff’s department had been made aware of a reservist’s deteriorating mental health. Just six weeks before the killings, he had punched a friend and said he was going to carry out a shooting spree.</p><p>Nicholas Bogel-Boroughs, a national reporter for The Times, explains why so many warnings failed to stop the shooting.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-bogel-burroughs">Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs</a>, a national correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The Army Reserve and a Maine sheriff’s department knew of a reservist’s deteriorating mental health<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/us/police-maine-shooting-gunman.html?smid=pc-thedail"> five months before</a> America’s deadliest mass shooting this year.</li><li>Here’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/lewiston-maine-shootings.html?smid=pc-thedail"> what we know</a> about the shootings in Maine.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>