(The Center Square) — More than 100 family members and survivors of Maine's worst mass shooting have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for failing to respond to warning signs that the reservist shooter was a threat.

A federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Maine, alleges that the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, and the Keller Army Community Hospital ignored warning signs that Army Reserve Sgt. Robert Card posed a threat to the community before he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, setting off a two-day manhunt that ended when he committed suicide. 

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